Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 18.99% in deal activity during April 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Colombia’s $2.21bn acquisition of SOCIMI and Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 64 construction & real estate industry deals worth $5.1bn were announced for the region in April 2022, against the 12-month average of 79 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in April 2022 with 46 transactions, representing a 71.9% share for the region.

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In second place was private equity with 11 deals, followed by venture financing deals with seven transactions, respectively capturing a 17.2% and 10.9% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $3.55bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $1.55bn and $29.92m, respectively.

Europe construction & real estate industry deals in April 2022: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate deals accounted for 86.5% of the overall value during April 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $4.44bn, against the overall value of $5.1bn recorded for the month.

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

1) Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Colombia $2.21bn acquisition deal with SOCIMI and Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias

2) The $890.46m private equity of 75% stake in The British Land Co by GIC

3) Marshalls $701.37m acquisition deal with Marley

4) The $350m private equity of CNH Industrial by Industrial Opportunity Partners

5) Cheyne Capital Management (UK) $285.24m private equity deal with Riverstone Living Holdings