The new San Francisco home of the famed jazz club Yoshi’s is scheduled to break ground soon, the SF Examiner is reporting.

“A developer hopes to break ground next month on a condo tower with a jazz club, two restaurants and a jazz heritage center on the ground floor, a major move in The City’s quest to return the Fillmore District to its glory days as a music mecca.

The current developer, Michael Johnson, said that after more than a year seeking financing, he closed a deal last week for the site at Fillmore and Eddy streets, which has sat vacant for 40 years despite efforts by developers since the early 1980s to build on the site. Johnson received approval for the project from The City’s Redevelopment Agency in May.

Julie Chase, a spokeswoman for Johnson, said in addition to 80 condos in a 13-story building, the project will have a branch of the Oakland jazz club and restaurant Yoshi’s and a fusion soul food restaurant called the Blue Mirror.”

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