Total construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals worth $886.8m were announced globally in January 2022, led by Holcim’s $385.16m acquisition of PRB Group, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 87.4% over the previous month of $7.01bn and a drop of 79% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $4.22bn.

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 $482.47m. At the country level, the France topped the list in terms of deal value at $385.16m.

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

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The top country in terms of cross border M&A deals activity in January 2022 was the US with five deals, followed by the UK with three and China with three.

In 2022, as of January, construction & real estate cross border M&A deals worth $886.8m were announced globally, marking an increase of 91.9% year on year.

construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals in January 2022: Top deals

The top five cross border M&A deals accounted for 94.6% of the overall value during January 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border M&A deals stood at $838.53m, against the overall value of $886.8m recorded for the month.

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

1) Holcim $385.16m acquisition deal with PRB Group

2) The $355m acquisition of Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Group and Nantong Changle by Super Honour Development

3) World Kingdom Worldwide $59.06m acquisition deal with Shun Jie International HoldingsLimited

4) The $32.51m acquisition of Eden Flame Sdn by Esteel Enterprise

5) MCG global $6.8m acquisition deal with DCB (Kent)