Lost in last week's announcement that H.G. Hill Realty and GBT Realty Corp. decided to no longer move forward on their proposed The Streets of Brentwood mixed-use project (read more here) was this little tidbit: Hill and GBT never purchased the Tennessee Baptist Convention land on which they wanted to develop TSofB.

Given the fact that Hill currently is undertaking multiple projects in 12South, Hillsboro Village and Midtown, the company clearly calculated correctly by making sure it could garner both citizen and City of Brentwood support before closing on the purchase of the site (for $9 million, no less). So what does the Tennessee Baptist Convention do now? That is uncertain but the entity feels the property remains valuable — and its future sale will be a part of God's plan (read more here).

Brentwood-based GBT Realty has placed under contract 16 acres in Orange Beach, Ala., where it plans to build a 112,000-square-foot retail center. GBT also in moving forward with plans for a shopping complex near Huntsville.