The East Coast wholesale giant BJ's Wholesale Club has plans to expand into southeast Michigan in late 2019.

The two stores expected to open in Taylor and Madison Heights, according to a release obtained by the Free Press, will be nearly 100,000-square-feet and include a gas station.

Expansion into both metro Detroit locations will create 300 jobs, the release said, and construction will bring nearly 1,000, Kirk Saville, senior vice president of corporate communications told Crain's Detroit Business.

The Madison Heights location will be at 29101 John R Road, and the Taylor location will be at Eureka Road and Racho Boulevard.

Mayor Rick Sollars of Taylor said in a news release that the location is a "win" for the city, which "anticipated the eventual build-out of the 83-acre parcel ever since Menards purchased the entire location from the old Gibraltar Trade Center four years ago."

He also called the expansion "a great fit for BJ's, and a great fit for us."

The company has hired Interplan LLC to lead the design of both locations. It is unclear when in 2019 the wholesaler plans to open.

BJ's, like membership-based Costco and Sam's Club, sells wholesale meat, produce and prepackaged goods at discount. It operates 216 clubs and 136 gas stations across 16 states.

The closest BJ's Wholesale Club to metro Detroit is its Avon, Ohio, location, just a little more than two hours away.

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