Led by $3.4bn acquisition of Firestone Building ProductsLLC, the US construction & real estate industry saw a rise of 21.16% in overall deal activity during Q1 2021, when compared with the last four-quarter average, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 229 deals worth $20.14bn were announced in Q1 2021, compared with the last four-quarter average of 189.00 deals.

M&A was the leading category in the quarter with 169 deals which accounted for 73.8% of all deals.

In second place was venture financing with 31 deals, followed by private equity with 29 transactions, respectively accounting for 13.5% and 12.7% of overall deal activity in the US construction & real estate industry during the quarter.

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In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading deal category in the US construction & real estate industry with total deals worth $13.51bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $6.14bn and $491.21m, respectively.

US construction & real estate industry deals in Q1 2021: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate industry deals accounted for 62.7% of the overall value during Q1 2021.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $12.63bn, against the overall value of $20.14bn recorded for the quarter.

The top five construction & real estate industry deals of Q1 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) LafargeHolcim’s $3.4bn acquisition of Firestone Building ProductsLLC

2) The $2.74bn acquisition of Forterra by Quikrete Holdings

3) Slate Asset Management’s $2.33bn private equity deal with Annaly Capital Management

4) The $2.29bn acquisition deal with Columbia Property Trust by 8F Investment Partners, Arkhouse Partners and AS8888

5) EQT Partners’ private equity with Exeter Property Group for $1.87bn.