The Johnson City Public Building Authority Has Approved A 45-Day Contract Extension For A Developer Working On Lot 8 Along State Of Franklin Road Opposite East Tennessee State University. Trinity Development Is Planning A 78-Hundred Square-Foot Strip Mall On The Land. The Extension Was Given To Allow Additional Time For Tenants To Be Found. Starbucks Has Been Approached To Put A Location In ETSU’s Proposed Performing Arts Center. Trinity Development Has Also Approached The Coffee Giant About Putting A Location In It’s Proposed Strip Mall Area. City Leaders Want To Wait And See If And Where The Coffee Giant Decides To Land It’s Store.