[3] The industrial sector of Braeside has been greatly developed in the past thirty years, with the preponderance of development taking place in the mid-1980s, by converting farmland into small or large factory units.

Launched in 1992 and completed in 2003, tenants include Tyco, Wilson, the distribution centre of Kmart, Toro and Gale Pacific.

A campus of the Mentone Grammar School is in Braeside, including the Sports Centre with facilities to play soccer, cricket, tennis, field hockey, Australian rules football, and a rifle range.

Close to the Sports Centre is the Pot of Colour Garden Nursery, Freccia Azzurra Club for the Italian community of Braeside, and the Croatian-Australian Church and Community Centre.

Prominent commercial enterprises on the west of Springvale Road include Gardenworld and J.V.