"What we want to do, we want to do very well."

On the ground floor of the VOLT apartment complex in Delft, hospitality entrepreneur Marjon Verhoeven rents two commercial spaces for Flow Yoga & Food.

Taking a yoga class in one unit and afterwards – on the other side of the building – enjoying a smoothie on a comfortable couch or eating a salad in the sun outdoors. At Flow Yoga & Food, everything comes together. Marjon Verhoeven ran a successful restaurant in Delft's city centre for 17 years. Recently, she opened a yoga studio and food bar in VOLT with her partner Bart Stotijn. 

"We are the first tenants, so we could design and choose everything from scratch."

Marjon: "We had asked our estate agent to look for a new location. The properties in the city centre were either too expensive or too small, and we didn’t want to move to an industrial area. Then we came across these premises managed by Amvest. We immediately fell in love with VOLT's high ceilings and industrial look. We are the first tenants, so we could design and choose everything from scratch. The food bar's menu is entirely vegetarian, and we only use pure ingredients. In the building next door, you will find the Flow yoga studio: an oasis of peace and balance.

"We had had the first conversations with Amvest, but then we had the pandemic. Everything got way too uncertain, so we left the table," says Marjon. Halfway through the pandemic, the couple dared to start planning again to continue with their dream. "It was not the intention from the start to rent two units; the plans got out of hand a little. But we are very pleased about it. We now have two independent companies."

"It was exciting to start a new business again."

"It was exciting to start a new business again. The responsibilities of running your own business never stop. But, on the other hand, I was only 57 years old, and I was brimming with energy. My partner Bart is a chef and he had to stop working because of Covid. He was also itching to open his own restaurant. So we decided to join forces. Everyone thought opting for a menu without meat or fish was risky. But this is what we stand for. And what we do, we want to do very well. That is what connects our companies, with a lot of personal attention and high-quality products added to the mix."