When Sanjay Mahtani and Jay Singh chanced upon a huge unused space at the Bombay Dyeing Mills in central Mumbai, they first thought it was too big for their requirement. “It was an empty warehouse, a dump. And it was 12,000 sq ft—I only needed 7,000 sq ft for Hard Rock Café [HRC],†Mahtani says.
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The food and beverage business in India is the new hot and sizzling sector. Jay Singh and Sanjay Mahtani founded their venture JSM Corporation in 2004. Today, they are the master franchises of the iconic brand Hard Rock in India.