The Parks at Arlington will be home to one of the first Uniqlo stores in Texas, as the popular Japanese apparel retailer sets its sites on the Lone Star State.
Uniqlo filed a permit with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation with plans for a 12,490-square-foot store at the Parks at Arlington, a Brookfield Properties-owned mall.
Construction on the $1.9 million project is slated to start June 1 and finish on Dec. 30 of this year.
Uniqlo and Brookfield Properties did not return requests for comment.
Uniqlo is a Yamaguchi, Japan-based seller of casual wear, specializing in clothes with private label items. The products are relatively inexpensive, making it one of several “fast fashion” brands that have caught on in the United States along with Forever21 and H&M.
There was also a permit for Uniqlo filed for a store at the Memorial City Mall in Houston, a much larger location at more than 21,000 square feet.
Uniqlo opened its first store in the United States and has grown to 53 locations, although most are concentrated on the East and West coasts.
The Uniqlo store at the Parks at Arlington is planned for the second floor in Suite 2070, a location previously occupied by mall staple Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie recently closed its store at the mall.
The Parks at Arlington was the site of a shooting between two groups at the end of December in which two people were injured.
