 Chandler is perhaps best known for the Sleeman Centre, a large sporting and entertainment complex.Chandler was named after the former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Sir John Beals Chandler.The Grassdale Land Company Limited formed on 8 January 1885 to acquire the property known as Grassdale Paddocks, in the parish of Tingalpa, with registered shareholders holding 80 shares of 250 pounds each.This area is spread across the Brisbane suburbs of Chandler, Gumdale and Belmont.