Asia-Pacific’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 28.36% in deal activity during August 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by ESR Cayman’s $5.2bn acquisition of ARA Asset Management, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 48 construction & real estate industry deals worth $6.5bn were announced for the region in August 2021, against the 12-month average of 67 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in August 2021 with 42 transactions, representing an 87.5% share for the region.

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In second place was venture financing with six deals capturing a 12.5% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Asia-Pacific’s construction & real estate industry with $6.51bn, followed by venture financing deals totalled $14.53m.

Asia-Pacific construction & real estate industry deals in August 2021: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate deals accounted for 86.8% of the overall value during August 2021.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $5.67bn, against the overall value of $6.5bn recorded for the month.

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

1) ESR Cayman $5.2bn acquisition deal with ARA Asset Management

2) The $272.09m acquisition of PicassoLimited and Yuuki Sangyo by ES-CON Japan

3) Hunan Friendship Apollo Commercial $76.86m acquisition deal for 41.5% stake in Hunan Shaoyang Friendship Apollo

4) The $59.13m acquisition of 60% stake in Xiamen Tengwangge Real Estate Development by Xiamen Tungsten

5) Guangdong Dongyiwan Group $58.77m acquisition deal with Foshan Pulida Technology