Drent suspects that the municipality, Figi theater and local residents are happy that steps are being taken. Teus Langerak is chairman of the Owners’ Association of the building next to the Asia restaurant. “Everyone is watching with interest to see what it will be,” he says. “It is a situation that you do not want in Zeist, and especially opposite the town hall: such an impoverished restaurant that has been closed for seven years.”