Buranda is a locality in the southern Brisbane suburbs of Greenslopes

Greenslopes, Queensland

Greenslopes is a moderately sized suburb of the city of Brisbane, state capital of Queensland, Australia."Greenslopes" is also the name of a Queensland state electorate. The electorate contains only a small fraction of the suburb of the same name...

 and Annerley

Annerley, Queensland

Annerley is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 6 km south of the Brisbane CBD. It was named after a town in England.-Geography:Much of the suburb is elevated, lying on a ridge that gives views of the city...

, in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, Australia

Australia

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The location is an important transport hub for southern Brisbane. Logan Road

Logan Road, Brisbane

Logan Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland. It runs 16 km from Springwood to Woolloongabba, with most of the route signed as state route 95...

 and Ipswich Road pass through the area as does the South East Busway with a station called Buranda busway station. The Pacific Motorway

Pacific Motorway

The Pacific Motorway is a 100 km long motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and the New South Wales-Queensland border at Tweed Heads. The motorway starts at Coronation Drive at Milton in Brisbane, and from 2008 links the Tweed Heads bypass in New South Wales...

 passes through the area. There is also the Buranda railway station

Buranda railway station, Brisbane

Buranda railway station is a railway station on the Cleveland Line, south-southeast from Brisbane , the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network.It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system...

 on the Cleveland railway line

Cleveland railway line, Brisbane

The Cleveland railway line is a suburban railway line extending 24.2 km east-southeast from Brisbane , the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network.-History:...

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The Centro Buranda Shopping Centre is located at Buranda.

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. The TOD is being named Buranda Village.

External links

• Buranda.com - Information about Buranda
• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Buranda