MENOMONEE FALLS, WI-Actuant Corp., a hydraulic and electricaltool and supply manufacturer, is creating a $30 million,355,000-square-foot industrial and office headquarters here on twoadjacent properties. The company is almost complete with therenovation and expansion of a 275,000-square-foot industrialproperty, and broke ground recently on an 80,000-square-foot newoffice headquarters.

A private investor is the developer of the industrial facility,a 17-acre site at 12545 W. Westbrook Crossing. The property waspreviously occupied by Bemis Manufacturing Co. which consolidatedand left the site late last year. This industrial building willhouse the operations of three of Actuant’s electrical businesses,including a distribution center. The building should be complete in60 days, says Mark Eaton, president of Beyond Space LLC. Eatonrepresented Actuant in the complex arrangements.

The new office complex, going in the Westbrook Corporate Centeracross the street, should be finished by April 2011, Eaton says.The firm is consolidating operations from about 420,000 square feetin seven buildings in the Milwaukee suburbs of Glendale and Butler,he says. “They acquire other companies, and have picked up severalbuildings over the years. It’s obviously not the most efficient wayof operating,” Eaton tells GlobeSt.com about the decision toconsolidate.