Total construction & real estate industry M&A deals worth $9.5bn were announced in Europe in May 2022, led by GIC and Greystar Real Estate Partners’ $4.17bn private equity deal with Student Roost, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 142.8% over the previous month of $3.93bn and a rise of 41.5% when compared with the last 12-month average of $6.74bn.
Europe held a 34.00% share of the global construction & real estate industry M&A deal value that totalled $28.06bn in May 2022. With a 21.85% share and deals worth $6.13bn, the UK was the top country in Europe’s M&A deal value across construction & real estate industry.
In terms of M&A deal activity, Europe recorded 59 deals during May 2022, marking an increase of 18.00% over the previous month and a flat growth over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 12 deals during the month.

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By GlobalDataEurope construction & real estate industry M&A deals in May 2022: Top deals
The top five construction & real estate industry M&A deals accounted for 99.02% of the overall value during May 2022.
The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $9.44bn, against the overall value of $9.5bn recorded for the month.
The top five construction & real estate industry M&A deals of May 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) GIC and Greystar Real Estate Partners $4.17bn private equity deal with Student Roost
2) The $3.06bn acquisition of Deutsche EuroShop by Hercules BidCo
3) LXi REIT $1.85bn acquisition deal with Secure Income REIT
4) The $254.88m acquisition of Innolva and ReValuta by CRIF
5) Norcros $113.44m acquisition deal with Grant Westfield