There can be few more enjoyable jobs in retail property than being Primark’s property director.

Primark has continued to power on, immune to whatever the recession and various ethical scandals can throw at it.

None of that has made any difference to its sales momentum, and it continues to succeed because its product is bang on trend and the value it offers are amazing.

The latest stage is its acquisition of ten stores from Sir Philip Green’s Bhs, which is a symbolic move.

Bhs may not be the force it was but in the sort of towns where Primark is taking over the stores, like Folkestone or Kings Lynn, it will be one of the most prominent stores on the high street.

Primark’s growth shows that what was once seen as a value retailer and by implication a not particularly desirable one can actually be the most extraordinary footfall driver.

A colleague was telling me yesterday about the mayhem which greeted the opening of its store in Wood Green. Never mind that Wood Green was once anchored by a House of Fraser department store - anything that brings the shoppers back has to be a good thing for a town centre, and I imagine Folkestone and Kings Lynn, neither of which I know but I imagine could both do with a bit of a boost, will benefit from a bit of the Primark stardust.

The news that Westfield is talking to Primark about being a major occupier in its new Stratford centre is also significant.

Primark isn’t generally associated with prime shopping centres and probably wouldn’t have been welcomed at Westfield London, but the Australian developer isn’t stupid — it knows Stratford isn’t a very affluent area and that a new Primark will drive the shoppers there in their droves.

The stores might be mayhem, the queues massive and the clothes all over the floor. But it’s latest deals are signs, if any were needed, that Primark has well and truly come of age.