Cabela’s, Chesterfield Township

Cabela’s, the world’s foremost outfitter of hunting, fishing, boating, camping, shooting and related outdoor recreational merchandise, opened its Macomb County facility in 2017.  Just off of Interstate 94 in Chesterfield Township, the outdoor megastore created roughly 175 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees. The new store is approximately 90,000 square feet. Cabela’s, headquartered in Sidney, Nebraska, was founded in 1961.

Art Van Furniture, Warren

In 2018, Art Van Furniture completed its third significant expansion at its Warren headquarters - investing in state-of-the-art e-commerce and digital facilities to accompany its showroom, distribution and warehousing facility and corporate headquarters. Officials with the company said the expansion was necessitated by the company’s rapid growth during the past three years in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Art Van now has more than 2,500 individuals working at its Warren campus and achieved more than $1 billion in annual sales for the first time ever.  

Ball Equipment, Richmond

Ball Equipment, a Richmond-based lawn equipment and motorsport retailer, recently purchased Peak Powersports to add Articat and Honda motorcycles to its product line.  The company also purchased a 50,000-square-foot facility in Chesterfield Township for the warehousing of original equipment parts and the repair of all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, lawn equipment and motorcycles.  In order to meet the growing demand of both in-store and online sales, the company renovated the Richmond facility with an investment of $2,550,000.  Macomb County, with its vast network of economic development tools and agencies,  connected  Ball Equipment with Michigan Works to help fill its talent needs.