Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a rise of 60.00% in cross border deal activity during March 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Swiss Life Asset Managers’ $513.17m acquisition of Threestones Capital Management, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 32 construction & real estate industry cross border deals worth $883.82m were announced for the region in March 2021, against the 12-month average of 20 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in March 2021 with 19 transactions, representing a 59.4% share for the region.

In second place was private equity with ten deals, followed by venture financing deals with three transactions, respectively capturing a 31.3% and 9.4% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of cross border deals, private equity was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $720.37m, while venture financing and M&A deals totalled $86.52m and $76.93m, respectively.

Europe construction & real estate industry cross border deals in March 2021: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate cross border deals accounted for 93.9% of the overall value during March 2021.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border deals stood at $830.08m, against the overall value of $883.82m recorded for the month.

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

1) Swiss Life Asset Managers’ $513.17m private equity deal with Threestones Capital Management

2) The $195.3m private equity deal with Morris Homes by Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund GP

3) 360 Capital Partners, Bonsai Partners, Exor Seeds, Greenoaks Capital Management, P101 SGR, Picus Capital and Project A Services GmbHKG’s $59.59m venture financing of CASAVO Management

4) The $35.82m asset transaction with Gor-Stal by Recticel

5) Brian Walker, Evli Growth Partners, Experior Venture Fund, Mark Williamson, Pitango Venture Capital and TDJ Pitango Ventures Advisory’s venture financing of Custom Sp. z o. o for $26.21m.