Led by $1.22bn private equity deal with RDI REIT, the UK construction & real estate industry saw a rise of 73.40% in overall deal activity during Q1 2021, when compared with the last four-quarter average, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 88 deals worth $3.03bn were announced in Q1 2021, compared with the last four-quarter average of 50.75 deals.

M&A was the leading category in the quarter with 75 deals which accounted for 85.2% of all deals.

In second place was private equity with nine deals, followed by venture financing with four transactions, respectively accounting for 10.2% and 4.6% of overall deal activity in the UK construction & real estate industry during the quarter.

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In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading deal category in the UK construction & real estate industry with total deals worth $1.55bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $1.47bn and $4.35m, respectively.

UK construction & real estate industry deals in Q1 2021: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate industry deals accounted for 85.9% of the overall value during Q1 2021.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $2.6bn, against the overall value of $3.03bn recorded for the quarter.

The top five construction & real estate industry deals of Q1 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Cambridge BidCo’s $1.22bn private equity deal for acquisition of 70.41% stake in RDI REIT

2) The $934.57m acquisition of 100% stake in Luyuan Investment Holdings by Jiayuan International Group

3) Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund GP’s $195.3m private equity deal with Morris Homes

4) The $159.49m asset transaction deal with Aviva Investors Global Services by British Airways Pension Trustees

5) Supermarket Income REIT’s asset transaction with LaSalle Investment Management for $88.65m.