A new, $2.3 million jazz and supper club is scheduled to start construction this fall in the Wright-Dunbar area of Dayton.
Tootsie’s, a nearly 18,000-square-foot jazz club, will be built on West Third Street, across from the Charles Drew Health Center.
The owner of Tootsie’s, Gwendolin Dorsey, was not immediately available for comment.
The jazz club will be built by Ferguson Construction Co.
Jay Gearon, vice president of Sidney-based Ferguson, said by demolishing the buildings that currently sit vacant on West Third Street and adding this new jazz club, the area will see marked improvement.
“It will be landscaped, well-lit and a significant improvement for the area,” Gearon said. “It will be the western anchor of the Wright-Dunbar district.”
The building will feature a full, commercial kitchen, a “grand ballroom” that can hold up to 300 people, and a bar and lounge area.
Once construction gets underway, Gearon said he expects the project to take about 10 months.
“This is really going to be a sharp-looking building,” Gearon said.
The club also will feature a covered porch that faces West Third Street.
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