Total construction & real estate industry M&A deals worth $1.5bn were announced globally in August 2022, led by United Endeavors Limited’s $408.77m acquisition of Linking Smart, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 90.5% over the previous month of $15.86bn and a drop of 90.9% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $16.54bn.

Comparing M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, Asia-Pacific held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $756.79m. At the country level, the China topped the list in terms of deal value at $547.92m.

In terms of volumes, North America emerged as the top region for construction & real estate industry M&A deals globally, followed by Asia-Pacific and then Europe.

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The top country in terms of M&A deals activity in August 2022 was the US with 43 deals, followed by the UK with 15 and China with eight.

In 2022, as of August, construction & real estate M&A deals worth $109.26bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 27.7% year on year.

construction & real estate industry M&A deals in August 2022: Top deals

The top five M&A deals accounted for 62.7% of the overall value during August 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate M&A deals stood at $945.21m, against the overall value of $1.5bn recorded for the month.

The top five construction & real estate industry M&A deals of August 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) United Endeavors Limited’s $408.77m acquisition deal with Linking Smart

2) The $170.56m acquisition of 15.3% stake in Shanghai Luxiangyuan Real Estate by Shanghai Chengtou Holding

3) Guangzhou Merchants Property Development and Wuhan Dabenying Commercial Management’s $127.05m acquisition deal for 34% stake in Guangzhou Zhaoying Real Estate

4) The $122m acquisition of 11.47% stake in Knowledge Economic City and Knowledge Economic City Developers by Taiba Investments

5) Shanghai Hebo Properties ConsultancyLimited’s $116.83m acquisition deal with Shanghai Bozheng PropertiesLimited