Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed last week that a Microsoft retail store rumored to be slated for Bellevue Square will indeed happen.

The software giant plans to open three new retail stores altogether, with the others going to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. and Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook, Ill., Ballmer said during the Financial Analyst Meting in Redmond.

Other stores are already located in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mission Viejo, Calif.