Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a flat growth in cross border deal activity during February 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Cornerstone Partners and Crestyl Real Estate’s $404.33m acquisition of Budimex Nieruchomosci, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 21 construction & real estate industry cross border deals worth $945.41m were announced for the region in February 2021, against the 12-month average of 21 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in February 2021 with 12 transactions, representing a 57.1% share for the region.

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By GlobalDataIn second place was private equity with eight deals, followed by venture financing deals with one transactions, respectively capturing a 38.1% and 4.8% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.
In terms of value of cross border deals, private equity was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $784.51m, while M&A and venture financing deals totalled $157.77m and $3.13m, respectively.
Europe construction & real estate industry cross border deals in February 2021: Top deals
The top five construction & real estate cross border deals accounted for 99.7% of the overall value during February 2021.
The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border deals stood at $942.28m, against the overall value of $945.41m recorded for the month.
The top five construction & real estate industry cross border deals of February 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Cornerstone Partners and Crestyl Real Estate’s $404.33m private equity deal with Budimex Nieruchomosci
2) The $361.98m private equity deal with iad France by Insight Partners
3) Duke Ir.l’s $110.15m acquisition of Valmieras Stikla Skiedra
4) The $47.62m acquisition of Marcon-Gruppen I Sverige by Endur
5) Andy Shepherd, Jeff Doble and Oakley Capital IV’s private equity deal with Dexters London for $18.2m.