UK construction & real estate industry saw a rise of 55% in overall deal activity during March 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Broadgate Five Holdings (Jersey)’s $958.22m acquisition of Bluebutton Holdco five Broadgate (Jersey), according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 31 deals worth $2.1bn were announced in March 2022, compared with the 12-month average of 20 deals.
M&A was the leading category in the month in terms of volume with 23 deals, which accounted for 74.2% of all deals.
In second place was venture financing with five deals, followed by private equity with three transactions, respectively accounting for 16.1% and 9.7% of overall deal activity in the UK technology industry during the month.
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By GlobalDataIn terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading deal category in the UK construction & real estate industry with total deals worth $2.12bn, while venture financing and private equity deals totalled $9.75m and $0.76m respectively.
UK construction & real estate industry deals in March 2022: Top deals
The top five construction & real estate industry deals accounted for 99% of the overall value during March 2022.
The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $2.11bn, against the overall value of $2.13bn recorded for the month.
The top five construction & real estate industry deals of March 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Broadgate Five Holdings (Jersey) $958.22m acquisition deal with Bluebutton Holdco 5 Broadgate (Jersey)
2) The $574.86m acquisition of McKay Securities by Workspace Group
3) IWG $421.22m acquisition deal with The Instant Group
4) The $124.69m acquisition of R&F Properties VS (UK) by Next Talent Developments
5) Lords Group Trading $30.93m acquisition deal with AW Lumb.
