WINNER: Design Project Under 100k, 2019

Habib and Masoud Farahi, owners of Luciano’s, have been in business in their Italian restaurant in Sunderland city centre since the early 1990’s and were looking to expand their business to incorporate ‘The Oaklands’ pub in Shotton, County Durham.

The pub had previously been a brewery tenancy and had not been refurbished in quite some time and no longer provided a food offer. Realising the potential of the affluent surrounding area the two of them saw a market opportunity for a quality eating establishment.

This is the first time that CNG have worked with Habib and Masoud. They decided to work with us based on our personal service, attention to detail and willingness to listen to and work with them throughout all the changes that were being made to the building, and helping them achieve the scheme they were so much wanting.