The rumours are true, UNIQLO is opening a store in the Canberra Centre later in the year.
A construction board was put up in the centre on Sunday afternoon announcing the opening of the store in "late 2023".
A UNIQLO spokesperson confirmed the opening and said recruitment was under way.
"After receiving an overwhelming amount of requests and encouragement from local customers to open a store in Canberra, we are really pleased to share that UNIQLO will be opening our first-ever store in ACT in the Canberra Centre late 2023," the spokesperson said.
"In the meantime, we have commenced recruitment for our Canberra store team, and we're looking for individuals that are passionate about providing great customer service, connecting with the local community and helping Canberra customers experience our globally loved LifeWear range that is made for all.
"We look forward to providing the community with a further update once we know more, and we encourage all interested applicants to visit our website for more information."
UNIQLO will be located where Cotton On and Supre used to be in the centre, across from Smiggle and near the outdoor crossing on the bottom level.
The shop will span 1210-square-metres, UNIQLO have confirmed, and will include the 23 Spring Summer collection, six self checkout machines and 12 change rooms.
UNIQLO described their products as simple yet high quality clothes, with a practical sense of beauty.
They said Canberrans can download the UNIQLO app to keep up to date with the store's progress.
The announcement has come as welcome news to many, with rumours of the Canberra Centre opening a UNIQLO store floating around the community for years.
In 2015, the centre closed a large portion of their stores for refurbishments, and chatter began about the possibility of UNIQLO, as well as TopShop, arriving in the capital.
At that time, H&M was a hot topic shop for discussion, until it arrived in the centre in 2017.
MUJI's Canberra store announced its closure last week, and there was plenty of speculation that UNIQLO will be taking its place.
While the replacement for that store is still a mystery, one possibility has been happily ticked off the list, as fans of the store celebrate the news on social media.
The area of the centre where UNIQLO will be has only recently opened up again, after a set of doors was installed to close off the once-outdoor shopping area.
The latest opening was a National Geographic store, opposite the site where Typo used to be.
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