Total construction & real estate industry deals for February 2020 worth $45.2bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 917.8% over the previous month and a rise of 149.1% when compared with the last 12-month average of $18.15bn.

In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a drop of 10.5% over the last 12-month average with 188 deals against the average of 210 deals.

In value terms, Europe led the activity with deals worth $22.66bn.

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Construction & real estate industry deals in February 2020: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate deals accounted for 84.05% of the overall value during February 2020.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $37.99bn, against the overall value of $45.2bn recorded for the month.

The top five construction & real estate industry deals of February 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Advent International, Cinven and RAG-Stiftung's $18.52bn private equity deal with ThyssenKrupp Elevator

2) The $7.38bn acquisition of Taubman Centers by Simon Property Group

3) Admiral Power's $6.16bn acquisition of Wheelock and

4) The $3.63bn acquisition of Northview Apartment REIT by KingSett Capital and Starlight Group Property Holdings

5) Amherst Residential's acquisition of Front Yard Residential for $2.3bn.

Verdict deals analysis methodology

This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term 'acquisition' refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.

GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.

More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.