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    100 Carpenter Dr Ste 203
    Sterling, VA 20164

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    8 AM to 5 PM (EST)

ABOUT US

Affordable Mass Housing Where It’s Needed Most

LEADERSHIP

Joseph F. Gatt leads GFS Housing LLC (GFSH) as its CEO. He is well known for pioneering the introduction of early cellular telephone technology in the continent of Africa, is recognized by the ITU in Switzerland starting in 1985 – – named a Top 50 Technology Pioneer for the continent in the 20th century – – and he led the way in bringing aviation and hotel development to several emerging nations. Early in his career, Gatt was an executive of a major US airline, served as the CEO of Air Zaire, a national African airline, and led the development department of a major international hotel company in Africa.

As a result of his successful infrastructure & development experience, Gatt was invited by several African urban development ministries to help solve the acute housing shortage in Africa. In response, Gatt created GFSH, introduced new technologies in mass construction, has completed 1,500 homes in the Ivory Coast and is now finalizing agreements to build over 20,000 more homes, apartments, high rises in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the DRC.

Gatt resides with his wife and son in Northern Virginia and has 2 daughters in Colorado. He attended Hunter College (NYC) and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his pioneering work in advancing the technology and economy of the African continent.

MEET OUR TEAM

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Mr. Amegan brings over three decades of experience & skill in arranging, negotiating & consummating large international transactions in African telecommunications, IT & mass housing, transactions often transcending several continents.
Holding degrees from universities in both France (University of Montpellier) and the U.S.(Springfield Technical), he has led many projects to combine resources, finances and parties in bridging the necessary cultural, social and business practice differences to result in a coordinated and efficient venture. His role in launching and facilitating the GFS entry into the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and other international markets evidences a rare expertise in developing necessary governmental and private sector relations indispendable to the success of large infrastructure projects.
Indeed, he has brought the Ivory Coast project from contract to groundbreaking to home development, every step of the way. This is all facilitated by Mr. Amegan’s on-site dedication as a true citizen of the African continent and its peoples.

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Ms. Fugar is a career Executive Assistant, with over 25 years in providing administrative, logistical, accounting, coordination and scheduling services to GFS Housing and its affiliates’ officers, directors and other key personnel. As a native Ghanian yet U.S. resident for decades, she speaks fluent French and her family is well known in Ghanian circles. She was instrumental in the success of the GFS team principals in communication, bringing the same professionalism to GFS Housing’s quest to provide a true home for all Africans.

WHAT WE OFFER?

True affordable housing Turnkey services. Tell us your project needs, and we will work to arrange from qualified parties – –
  • Necessary documentation
  • Financing & Insurance
  • Local subs
  • Raw land improvements & utilities
  • Material delivery or onsite manufacture
  • Onsite Construction Management
  • Landscape
  • Delivery with warranties

Or, we can assist and provide the needed services or goods in any of these phases.

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what we offer

SITE-SPECIFIC COMPANIES AND PARTNERSHIPS

We treat each project as a standalone business. With appropriate local partners, who have irrefutable track records of success, we form local operating companies, lead by our onsite management personnel. This allows us to be vendor agnostic — we do not try to sell our customers on any particular material, technology, etc. As an example, please click on Featured Projects to see the effects of this approach.

(For necessary legal documentation, our counsel is the international firm of McDermott, Will & Emery, Paris office.)


OUR Featured Projects

SITE-SPECIFIC COMPANIES AND PARTNERSHIPS

We treat each project as a standalone business. With appropriate local partners, who have irrefutable track records of success, we form local operating companies, lead by our onsite management personnel. This allows us to be vendor agnostic — we do not try to sell our customers on any particular material, technology, etc. As an example, please click on Featured Projects to see the effects of this approach.

(For necessary legal documentation, our counsel is the international firm of McDermott, Will & Emery, Paris office.)


OUR Featured Projects
what we offer

HOW WE GO ABOUT IT

  • Data Collection
  • Site Inspection & Analysis
  • Product Mix
  • Zoning
  • Facility Assessment of Infrastructure
  • Preliminary Cost Estimate
  • Viability Analysis

What Our Clients Say

Ivory Coast

“As Director General of The FPM in Côte d’Ivoire, for which GFS is building 1500 homes, I wholly endorse and recommend GFS for affordable housing.

We are extremely pleased with GFS’s professionalism, work quality and responsiveness to our needs, and ability to work cooperatively and effectively with GFS as their partner. We are also especially grateful that GFS is able to give us a real variety of homes for our citizens, both a one and two-bedroom,and apartment buildings, too.”

Major Col. Konan Kouame
Director General Fonds de Prevoyance
Militaire Abidjan Ivory Coast

Industry Partner

“As a life-long construction professional, I unconditionally recommend GFS Housing for start-to-finish mass, affordable housing projects. Joe Gatt brings a wealth of infrastructure experience, and I am confident under his leadership, GFS Housing can and will deliver the homes that not only meet economic needs, but offer truly enjoyable community environments.”

Scott M. Coulombe
Director of Business Development
Methuen Construction
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