SAN FRANCISCO — The SFJAZZ Board of Trustees has announced plans to construct a permanent home for the San Francisco-based jazz organization. The SFJAZZ Center is a $60 million project that will be located at 205 Franklin St. within the city's Hayes Valley neighborhood.
The project will consist of the construction of a 35,000-square-foot structure with a transparent façade. The building will contain an auditorium with flexible seating for 350 to 700 people, an 80-seat multipurpose room, three rehearsal spaces, a digital learning lab, and a sidewalk-level restaurant/café. The center will also contain advanced performance recording and digital broadcasting equipment. In addition to performances, the new SFJAZZ Center will host educational lectures, panel discussions, clinics, professional development workshops and provide rehearsal space for musicians. It will be applying for LEED-Gold certification.
“The SFJAZZ Center represents a major transformation for SFJAZZ,” said Srinija Srinivasan, chair of the SFJAZZ Board of Trustees, in a statement. “It's more than a new home for the organization; it represents a place where the world of jazz music and education can be expressed and enjoyed in all its diversity, by all its global characters. The SFJAZZ Center is our way of giving it the home it deserves.”
Groundbreaking is scheduled for this summer.
— Coleman Wood