Top 10 Private Equity Investors in Construction Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Value
KKR & Co Inc, Brookfield Asset Management Inc, Blackstone Inc, Macquarie Group Ltd, and Allianz SE are among the top 5 private equity investors in the construction industry in 2021 by deal value. In terms of the geographic split, 6 out of 10 of the world’s top 10 private equity investors in the construction industry are headquartered in North America, 2 are based in Asia, while 1 is based in Oceania and the remaining 1 is based in Europe. They employed a total of 361,927 people in 2021. The KKR Financial Holdings-CyrusOne deal was one of the major deals in the construction sector in 2021. Global Infrastructure Partners LLC (GIP) is an independent infrastructure fund manager. The company makes equity and debt investments in infrastructure assets and businesses. KKR Financial Holdings LLC, an investment firm, has acquired CyrusOne Inc, a real estate investment trust, for an all-cash transaction valued at $15 billion including the assumption of debt. The deal was completed in Q1 2022. The Blackstone-Dexus Australian Logistics Trust deal was another major deal in the construction sector in 2021. Blackstone Inc is a US-based global investment firm that provides a range of asset management and capital markets services. It has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 49% stake in Dexus Australian Logistics Trust, an Australia-based open-ended unlisted trust that invests in logistics properties, from GIC, a Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund, for a consideration of AUD2.1 billion ($1.5 billion). The Brookfield Asset Management-Alstria office REIT deal was another major deal in the construction sector in 2021. Brookfield Asset Management is an alternative asset manager. It owns, operates, and invests in assets across real estate, renewable energy and power, infrastructure, and private equity. It has announced to acquire a majority stake in alstria office REIT-AG, a Germany-based real estate platform with a high-quality office portfolio across Germany’s core investment markets from Alexandrite Lake Lux Holdings S.a r.l., a company controlled by one of its private real estate funds, for a consideration of EUR3.5 billion ($4.05 billion).