Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 20.73% in deal activity during February 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Blackstone’s $23.77bn private equity deal with Mileway, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 65 construction & real estate industry deals worth $25.6bn were announced for the region in February 2022, against the 12-month average of 82 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in February 2022 with 52 transactions, representing an 80% share for the region.

In second place was venture financing with seven deals, followed by private equity deals with six transactions, respectively capturing a 10.8% and 9.2% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

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In terms of value of deals, private equity was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $23.78bn, while M&A and venture financing deals totalled $1.76bn and $71.45m, respectively.

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

The top five construction & real estate deals accounted for 99.7% of the overall value during February 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $25.53bn, against the overall value of $25.6bn recorded for the month.

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

1) Blackstone $23.77bn private equity deal with Mileway

2) The $974.91m acquisition of 34 Leadenhall Street by Ho Bee Land

3) Kingspan Group $622.59m acquisition deal with ONDURA

4) The $107.97m acquisition of Delta M by CEE-BIG

5) Cofides $45.28m acquisition deal with Globalvia Inversiones SAU