Asia-Pacific’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 30.16% in deal activity during April 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Australia Tower Network’s $2.68bn acquisition of Axicom, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 44 construction & real estate industry deals worth $5.5bn were announced for the region in April 2022, against the 12-month average of 63 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in April 2022 with 33 transactions, representing a 75% share for the region.

In second place was venture financing with seven deals, followed by private equity deals with four transactions, respectively capturing a 15.9% and 9.1% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

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In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Asia-Pacific’s construction & real estate industry with $5.06bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $290m and $151.13m, respectively.

Asia-Pacific construction & real estate industry deals in April 2022: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate deals accounted for 85.3% of the overall value during April 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $4.7bn, against the overall value of $5.5bn recorded for the month.

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

1) Australia Tower Network $2.68bn acquisition deal with Axicom

2) The $787.22m acquisition of Guangzhou Pinzhen Property Development by Guangzhou Yuexiu Huacheng Real Estate Development

3) Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat $503.09m acquisition deal for 43.2% stake in Lingkaran Trans Kota Sdn

4) The $429.26m acquisition of 51.6% stake in Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn by Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat

5) Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat $294.4m acquisition deal for 70% stake with Kesas Sdn