Total construction & real estate industry M&A deals worth $35.5bn were announced globally in April 2021, led by $15.32bn merger of Suez and Veolia Environnement, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 166.3% over the previous month of $13.32bn and a rise of 205.3% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $11.62bn.

Comparing M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, Europe held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $17.16bn. At the country level, the US topped the list in terms of deal value at $16.98bn.

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

The top country in terms of M&A deals activity in April 2021 was the US with 70 deals, followed by the Malaysia with ten and Japan with eight.

In 2021, as of April, construction & real estate M&A deals worth $70.71bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 38.3% year on year.

construction & real estate industry M&A deals in April 2021: Top deals

The top five M&A deals accounted for 92.8% of the overall value during April 2021.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate M&A deals stood at $32.91bn, against the overall value of $35.5bn recorded for the month.

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

1) $15.32bn merger deal with Suez and Veolia Environnement

2) The $11.01bn merger of Realty Income and VEREIT by

3) $3.87bn merger deal with Kimco Realty and Weingarten Realty Investors

4) The $1.8bn acquisition of Knoll by Herman Miller

5) Zakiono Enterprises $922.4m acquisition deal with Globalworth Real Estate Investments