Buranda, Queensland

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Buranda
Brisbane,  Queensland
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Established1921
LGA(s) City of Brisbane
State electorate(s) Greenslopes
Federal division(s) Griffith

Buranda is a neighbourhood in the southern Brisbane suburbs of Greenslopes and Woolloongabba in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. [1]

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The location is an important transport hub for southern Brisbane. Logan Road and Ipswich Road pass through the area as does the South East Busway with a station called Buranda busway station. The Pacific Motorway passes through the area. There is also the Buranda railway station on the Cleveland railway line.

The Centro Buranda Shopping Centre is located at Buranda.

Heritage listings

Buranda has the following heritage-listed sites:

Future development

Buranda is set to become one of the many transit-oriented development (TOD) Locations across Brisbane. The proposed TOD is to include 2 office buildings of 6 storeys and 23-storeys, five apartment buildings ranging from seven-storeys to the 32-storey and a 15-storey boutique hotel. [3] The TOD is being named Buranda Village.

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References

  1. "Buranda (entry 5313)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. "Buranda State School (entry 650045)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. Molloy, Shannon (September 26, 2008). Second 'mega-development' for city's south. Brisbane Times .

Coordinates: 27°30′S153°02′E / 27.500°S 153.033°E / -27.500; 153.033