Among the many tenants who occupied commercial spaces in the 150-year-old Esplanade Mansion, was noted criminal lawyer Majeed Memon who had his office there for 15 years. During this time, he worked with some of his biggest clients including Bollywood actors and directors like Anupam Kher, Sanjay Dutt, Mahesh Bhatt and Sridevi.

While Memon started his career in Bandra taking up cases at the court there, by 1996, he had moved to cases in the Bombay High Court. "As I had to come to the high court frequently, I decided to have an office close by. The landlord, Sadiq Ali, happened to be an admirer and was happy to have me as one of his tenants. My first office in Esplanade was on the second floor. But because the space was too small, in 1998, I took up a larger space on the third floor," he said.