Total construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals worth $3.1bn were announced globally in June 2021, led by Inmobiliaria Colonial SOCIMI’s $977m acquisition of Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

  • Embed this chart

    Embed this chart into your website

    Copy and paste the image source into your website to display the chart.

The value marked an increase of 42.5% over the previous month of $2.19bn and a drop of 9.6% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $3.45bn.

Comparing cross border M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, Europe held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $2.11bn. At the country level, the France topped the list in terms of deal value at $977m.

In terms of volumes, Europe emerged as the top region for construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals globally, followed by North America and then Asia-Pacific.

The top country in terms of cross border M&A deals activity in June 2021 was the UK with five deals, followed by the US with five and The Netherlands with two.

In 2021, as of June, construction & real estate cross border M&A deals worth $23.57bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 10.3% year on year.

construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals in June 2021: Top deals

The top five cross border M&A deals accounted for 82.8% of the overall value during June 2021.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border M&A deals stood at $2.58bn, against the overall value of $3.1bn recorded for the month.

The top five construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals of June 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Inmobiliaria Colonial SOCIMI’s $977m acquisition of Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise

2) The $550.26m acquisition of 20.08% stake in JM by Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden

3) Castellum’s $375.68m acquisition of 8.2% stake in Entra

4) The $375m acquisition of Hixson Lumber Sales by Doman Building Materials Group

5) Hardwoods Distribution’s acquisition of Novo Building Products for $303m.