Claremont Quarter

MAIN street shopping locations and bulky goods centres are emerging as standout performers in the retail property sector, according to leasing agents.

GREENGROCER and gourmet providore The Herdsman has shut the doors of its city store just 14 months after launching the CBD outlet at the base of the one40william building.

Walk down many major city streets these days and there seems to be a renewed sense of vibrancy and excitement. This is particularly true of Perth, where once shady, unloved laneways are being brought back to life with fashionable new bars, restaurants and shops springing to life on an almost-weekly basis.

Retail developer Hawaiian has purchased Forrestfield Forum & Marketplace from its Singaporean owners, in a deal understood to be worth around $40 million.

A popular Claremont cafe is taking its home-cooked meals to a captive market on the outskirts of the CBD.

Western Australians donating household items for people affected by the bushfires in the South West have been so generous that St Vincent de Paul Society WA has been inundated with goods exceeding its capacity to deliver them.