Total construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals worth $477.39m were announced globally in November 2020, led by Baiying Development (Hong Kong)’s $170m acquisition of Hooplife Technology Group, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 59.2% over the previous month and a drop of 85.62% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $3.32bn.

Comparing cross border M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, Asia-Pacific held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $268.79m. At the country level, the China topped the list in terms of deal value at $247.03m.

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

The top country in terms of cross border M&A deals activity in November 2020 was the US with five deals, followed by the China with four and Canada with two.

In 2020, as of November, construction & real estate cross border M&A deals worth $32.42bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 28.1% year on year.

construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals in November 2020: Top deals

The top five cross border M&A deals accounted for 87.4% of the overall value during November 2020.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border M&A deals stood at $417.03m, against the overall value of $477.39m recorded for the month.

The top five construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals of November 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Baiying Development (Hong Kong)’s $170m acquisition of Hooplife Technology Group

2) The $75.18m acquisition of Shanghai Suzuan Investment by Shun Yin

3) Tak Hope’s $67.45m acquisition of Shanghai Tongxin Investment

4) The $52.94m acquisition of Ascendas Hangzhou Data Processing by CRCT Investment (Hangzhou II)

5) CRCT Investment (Hangzhou I)’s acquisition of Ascendas Hangzhou Science & Technology for $51.47m.