Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a rise of 18.75% in cross border deal activity during May 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by GIC and Greystar Real Estate Partners’ $4.17bn private equity deal with Student Roost, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 38 construction & real estate industry cross border deals worth $6.7bn were announced for the region in May 2022, against the 12-month average of 32 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in May 2022 with 26 transactions, representing a 68.4% share for the region.
In second place was private equity with nine deals, followed by venture financing deals with three transactions, respectively capturing a 23.7% and 7.9% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.

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By GlobalDataIn terms of value of cross border deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $4.23bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $2.49bn and $8.61m, respectively.
Europe construction & real estate industry cross border deals in May 2022: Top deals
The top five construction & real estate cross border deals accounted for 99.8% of the overall value during May 2022.
The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border deals stood at $6.72bn, against the overall value of $6.7bn recorded for the month.
The top five construction & real estate industry cross border deals of May 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) GIC and Greystar Real Estate Partners $4.17bn private equity deal with Student Roost
2) The $2.41bn private equity of Countryside Partnerships by Inclusive Capital Partners
3) JSFC Sistema $64.89m acquisition deal for 48.8% stake with Etalon Group
4) The $53.82m private equity of Sherry FitzGerald Group by Castlegate Investments
5) Trinity Capital $30m private equity deal with Aledia