India, April 9 -- On the eighth floor of a Lower Parel high-rise, removed just enough from Mumbai's tempo, is The Quorum Mumbai - a 56,000 sq ft members-only address for the city's "cool and connected."

Co-founded by Vivek Narain (CEO) and Sonya Jehan (Creative Director), the space operates as a kind of third address for the city's creative and business set: somewhere between office, living room, and an unusually well-run dinner party. Narain has described it simply as an attempt to create a platform where "ideas and culture bring people together." The execution is what makes it stick.

The Quorum Mumbai was built on an instinct to create a place people don't feel the need to leave-one that comes directly from its founders. Narain is, by...