Cura Resource Group is a third-party logistics provider headquartered at 62170 Van Dyke Ave, Washington, MI 48094, in Macomb County north of Detroit. Every service we offer is run from this office — warehousing, ecommerce fulfillment, contract logistics, global trade and compliance — across three warehouses we operate in Tennessee, California and Puerto Rico.
Michigan is where the network is controlled and where our mail goes — not where the pallets sit. That is deliberate, and it is the opposite of how most national providers are built: they give you a warehouse nearby and a call centre three states away. We give you decision-makers in your time zone and warehouses positioned where your customers actually are.
What We Do for Michigan Businesses
We handle the physical and regulatory work between your supplier and your customer. All of it is managed from Michigan, and all of it runs across the same three facilities.
- Warehousing — receiving, storage, cycle counting and release, with your stock levels visible through a client login rather than a monthly report.
- Ecommerce fulfillment — picking, packing and shipping D2C and marketplace orders to your customers.
- Contract logistics — build-operate-manage arrangements that flex with demand instead of committing you to fixed infrastructure.
- Supply chain solutions — end-to-end orchestration when the problem is the whole chain rather than one link in it.
- Global trade — HS classification, Incoterms, denied-party screening and broker coordination.
- Trade compliance and customs compliance — the documentation that decides whether goods move or sit.
- Importer of record — we take legal responsibility for the import when you cannot or should not.
- Compliance and risk management — for goods where getting it wrong is expensive rather than inconvenient.
- Government logistics — public-sector contracts and their specific requirements.
If you are classifying goods yourself, our HS code lookup tool is free and does not require an account.
Michigan Runs the Network
Your account is directed from Washington, Michigan — by the same people who decide what happens in Memphis, Riverside and Carolina. There is no handoff to a regional office and no escalation path that leads out of state.
This matters more than it sounds. In most national 3PL relationships the person you talk to cannot change what the warehouse does; they can only report what it did. When the operator and the decision-makers are one organisation, an exception you raise on Tuesday can be a changed procedure by Thursday.
Van Dyke Ave is also our mailing address, so correspondence, contracts and formal notices all come to and from Michigan.
Do 3PLs Own Their Warehouses?
Many do not, and it is worth asking before you sign. A large share of companies calling themselves 3PLs are brokers who place your inventory in someone else’s building, which means the people handling your goods do not work for the company you hold a contract with.
Cura operates its own warehouses. Our staff, our racking, our procedures, and your stock physically in our buildings in Memphis, Riverside and Carolina, Puerto Rico. When something goes wrong with a shipment, the person fixing it works for us.
That distinction matters most when your requirements are unusual — a labelling standard, a delivery window, a documentation format. An operator can change how the work is done. A broker has to ask someone else and hope.
Where Your Inventory Actually Sits
Your goods are held at one of three warehouses we operate, and for most Michigan clients that means Memphis.
| Location | Address | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Washington, Michigan | 62170 Van Dyke Ave, Washington, MI 48094 | Headquarters — network control, no warehouse |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 1471 Rozelle St, Memphis, TN 38106 | Warehouse we operate |
| Riverside, California | 7560 Jurupa Ave, Riverside, CA 92504 | Warehouse we operate |
| Carolina, Puerto Rico | Ave Jose Tony Santana, Bestthree Building C-8, Carolina, PR 00979 | Warehouse we operate |
Memphis is the working site for most Midwest accounts. It sits on the I-40 and I-55 corridors and reaches Michigan quickly by road, while also serving the rest of the country — which starts to matter the moment you sell outside the Midwest.
Would a Michigan warehouse serve you better? For most businesses, no. What determines your delivery speed is transit time to your customers, not to you. A Michigan warehouse serves Michigan well and the other 49 states poorly. If you genuinely need same-day physical access to your own stock, say so early and we will tell you honestly whether we fit.
Why Michigan Businesses Need Automotive-Fluent Logistics
Michigan holds the densest concentration of automotive manufacturing in the United States, and a provider based here handles its conventions daily rather than learning them on your account. The Detroit Regional Chamber reports that 98 of the top 100 automotive suppliers to North America have a presence in Michigan and 65 are headquartered in the state.
The customer base here is unusually concentrated
Twenty-six original equipment manufacturers have headquarters or technology centers in Michigan, according to the Detroit Regional Chamber, and 21% of all US auto production took place in the state in 2022.
For a supplier, that concentration means your customers’ requirements — labelling, packaging, delivery windows, documentation — follow automotive conventions. A provider unfamiliar with them will learn on your account, and you will pay for the lesson.
Automotive is the state’s economy, not a side industry
The automotive and mobility industry contributes $304 billion to Michigan’s economy each year and accounts for 1.1 million jobs, 20% of the state’s workforce, per the Detroit Regional Chamber.
We are based inside that ecosystem, which is why conversations about your supply chain tend to start further along than they would with a provider in another state.
Cross-border trade runs through Detroit
The Detroit–Windsor corridor is one of the most important commercial gateways between the United States and Canada, roughly 40 miles from our office. If your goods move into or out of Ontario, the documentation is routine work for us rather than an exception.
Classification and filing on cross-border freight sit with our trade compliance and customs compliance teams, directed from the same Michigan office that manages your account.
Serving Michigan from Macomb County
Our office is in Washington Township, in the northern half of Macomb County, and we work with businesses across the southeast Michigan industrial corridor — Detroit, Warren, Sterling Heights, Troy, Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills, Shelby Township, Clinton Township and Macomb Township — along with clients in Grand Rapids and Lansing.
Where we sit relative to the infrastructure you care about:
| From 62170 Van Dyke Ave | Approximate distance |
|---|---|
| Downtown Detroit | 30 miles south |
| Detroit–Windsor crossing into Ontario | About 40 miles |
| Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) | About 48 miles by road |
| The Warren / Sterling Heights automotive cluster | Under 20 miles |
Being headquartered here means the people making decisions about your account work in your time zone and answer on your business hours, not on a queue routed through another state.
Common Questions Before You Call
These are the three things Michigan businesses ask before they will book a conversation, so here are the answers up front.
Do I have enough volume to use a 3PL?
There is no single threshold, and any provider quoting one without hearing your numbers is guessing. What matters is whether the cost of your current setup — space, labour, equipment, errors and the management time it consumes — has passed what outsourcing would cost.
If you are storing goods in space you also use for something else, you are probably early. If you have hired someone primarily to manage inventory, you are probably past the point.
How long is the contract?
Terms depend on the space and handling commitment involved, and we would rather structure something that matches your growth than lock you into a shape that stops fitting in eight months. Tell us the volume you expect and how confident you are in it, and we will be direct about what term makes sense.
How complicated is switching providers?
The work is front-loaded: agreeing how inventory is received and counted, connecting your systems so stock levels stay visible, and moving the physical goods. Moving the goods is the easy part. Agreeing the data is what takes the time, and it is the part worth doing carefully.
How to Choose a 3PL in Michigan
Judge providers on five things, in roughly this order.
- Do they operate the building, or broker it? Ask directly. It determines whether anyone can actually change how your goods are handled.
- Who manages your account, and where do they sit? A local warehouse with a distant account team is a worse deal than the reverse.
- Where would your inventory physically sit, and what is the transit time from there to your customers — not to you.
- Can you see your stock in real time, through a login rather than a report you request.
- Will they tell you when they are the wrong fit? A provider that says yes to everything has not understood the question.
We would rather lose a deal at the enquiry stage than take on inventory we cannot serve properly, and we will say so if that is the case.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Cura have a warehouse in Michigan?
No. Our Michigan location at 62170 Van Dyke Ave is the corporate headquarters and mailing address, and it is where the whole network is directed from. Warehousing runs from three facilities we operate in Memphis, Tennessee; Riverside, California; and Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Is my inventory in your building or someone else’s?
Ours. Cura operates all three of its warehouses rather than subcontracting to partner sites, so the staff handling your goods are our employees. This is worth confirming with any provider you evaluate, because a significant share of 3PLs broker space they do not run.
How do 3PL companies charge?
Most price on a combination of storage, handling and account management, with the mix depending on how much space you occupy and how often goods move. Volume, product size and turnover all shift the balance, which is why credible pricing follows a conversation about your specifics rather than a published rate card.
Is a 3PL worth it for a Michigan business?
It becomes worth it when the true cost of handling inventory yourself — space, labour, equipment, errors and management attention — exceeds what a provider charges. Businesses usually cross that line when inventory work starts consuming someone’s full attention rather than fitting around other duties.
What is the difference between a 3PL and a freight broker?
A broker arranges transportation between other parties and never holds your goods. A 3PL takes physical custody — receiving, storing, counting and releasing inventory. Some companies described as 3PLs are closer to brokers, so ask whether they operate the warehouse your stock would sit in.
Do you handle ecommerce orders as well as pallets?
Yes. Our ecommerce fulfillment service covers picking, packing and shipping individual D2C and marketplace orders, and it runs from the same facilities and the same account team as bulk warehousing.
Do you only work with automotive companies?
No. Automotive is the sector we know best because of where we are based, but we serve any business needing warehousing, fulfillment, trade compliance or contract logistics. The automotive fluency is useful to suppliers precisely because those requirements are stricter than most.
Can you handle shipments into Canada?
Yes. Movement through the Detroit–Windsor corridor is routine for us, and our customs and trade compliance teams handle classification and documentation on freight travelling in either direction.
How do I get pricing?
Use our quote form or call +1-800-813-7155 with what you store, roughly how much of it, and where it ships. That is enough for a realistic answer rather than a placeholder number.