Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 21.88% in cross border 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 25 construction & real estate industry cross border deals worth $3.6bn were announced for the region in April 2022, against the 12-month average of 32 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in April 2022 with 20 transactions, representing an 80% share for the region.

In second place was private equity with four deals, followed by venture financing deals with one transactions, respectively capturing a 16% and 4% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.

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In terms of value of cross border deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $2.35bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $1.25bn and $2.74m, respectively.

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

The top five construction & real estate cross border deals accounted for 98.3% of the overall value during April 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border deals stood at $3.55bn, against the overall value of $3.6bn recorded for the month.

The top five construction & real estate industry cross border 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) Industrial Opportunity Partners $350m private equity deal with CNH Industrial

4) The $60.02m acquisition of 60% stake in Fiberline Composites by Gurit

5) Systemair $36.63m acquisition deal with SagiCofim