Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a rise of 36% in cross border deal activity during July 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Castellum’s $758.1m acquisition of Kielo, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 34 construction & real estate industry cross border deals worth $1.8bn were announced for the region in July 2021, against the 12-month average of 25 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in July 2021 with 22 transactions, representing a 64.7% share for the region.

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By GlobalDataIn second place was private equity with 11 deals, followed by venture financing deals with one transactions, respectively capturing a 32.4% and 2.9% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.
In terms of value of cross border deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $1.07bn, followed by private equity deals totalled $712.67m.
Europe construction & real estate industry cross border deals in July 2021: Top deals
The top five construction & real estate cross border deals accounted for 100% of the overall value during July 2021.
The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border deals stood at $1.79bn, against the overall value of $1.79bn recorded for the month.
The top five construction & real estate industry cross border deals of July 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Kielo $758.1m acquisition deal with Castellum
2) The $712.67m private equity of 50% stake in Vivenio Residencial Socimi by First State Super Fund
3) Heimavellir Hf $195.62m acquisition deal with Heimstaden
4) FPE Investments RE10,FPE Investments RE5,FPE Investments RE6 and Frankenthal $111.12m acquisition deal with Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust
5) The $9.56m acquisition of ProCon Danmark by Integrated Wind Solutions