US construction & real estate industry saw a rise of 12.07% in overall deal activity during May 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Equity Commonwealth’s $3.4bn acquisition of Monmouth Real Estate Investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 65 deals worth $6.1bn were announced in May 2021, compared with the 12-month average of 58 deals.
M&A was the leading category in the month in terms of volume with 49 deals, which accounted for 75.4% of all deals.
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By GlobalDataIn second place was private equity with eight deals, followed by venture financing with eight transactions, respectively accounting for 12.3% and 12.3% of overall deal activity in the US technology industry during the month.
In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading deal category in the US construction & real estate industry with total deals worth $4.3bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $1.62bn and $190.94m respectively.
US construction & real estate industry deals in May 2021: Top deals
The top five construction & real estate industry deals accounted for 86% of the overall value during May 2021.
The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $5.26bn, against the overall value of $6.1bn recorded for the month.
The top five construction & real estate industry deals of May 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Equity Commonwealth’s $3.4bn acquisition of Monmouth Real Estate Investment
2) The $972m private equity deal with Landmark Dividend by Digital Colony Management
3) Builders FirstSource’s $400m acquisition of Cornerstone Building Alliance SW
4) The $260m acquisition deal with Design Space Modular Buildings by McGrath RentCorp
5) ACORE Capital’s private equity with AJ Capital Partners for $225m.
