Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 47.73% in deal activity during October 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Carlyle Europe Partners V’s $490.12m private equity deal with 70% stake in Grupo Garnica Plywood, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 46 construction & real estate industry deals worth $1.4bn were announced for the region in October 2022, against the 12-month average of 88 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in October 2022 with 37 transactions, representing an 80.4% share for the region.

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In second place was private equity with seven deals, followed by venture financing deals with two transactions, respectively capturing a 15.2% and 4.4% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $824.96m, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $519.28m and $4.5m, respectively.

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

The top five construction & real estate deals accounted for 94.7% of the overall value during October 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $1.28bn, against the overall value of $1.4bn recorded for the month.

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

1) Carlyle Europe Partners V’s $490.12m private equity deal for 70% stake in Grupo Garnica Plywood

2) The $416.9m acquisition of 12.2% stake in Castellum by Akelius Residential Property

3) Arcadis’s $229.88m acquisition deal with DPS Engineering

4) The $96.61m asset transaction of Bonava by G-Group

5) Strix’s $43.28m acquisition deal with Billi, Billi (UK) and Billi Australia