Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 9.88% in deal activity during March 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Benedict Real Estate Bidco’s $1.52bn acquisition of Hibernia REIT, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 73 construction & real estate industry deals worth $4.4bn were announced for the region in March 2022, against the 12-month average of 81 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in March 2022 with 57 transactions, representing a 78.1% share for the region.

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

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In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $4.33bn, while venture financing and private equity deals totalled $39m and $0.76m, respectively.

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

The top five construction & real estate deals accounted for 86.7% of the overall value during March 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $3.78bn, against the overall value of $4.4bn recorded for the month.

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

1) Benedict Real Estate Bidco $1.52bn acquisition deal with Hibernia REIT

2) The $958.22m acquisition of Bluebutton Holdco 5 Broadgate (Jersey) by Broadgate Five Holdings (Jersey)

3) Workspace Group $574.86m acquisition deal with McKay Securities

4) The $421.22m acquisition of The Instant Group by IWG

5) Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas $312.13m acquisition of 24% stake in Metrovacesa