Boston
Email: jgahan@murthalaw.com
Phone: 617-457-4036
Fax: 617-482-3868
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John W. Gahan, III
For over 35 years Mr. Gahan has concentrated his practice in the area of real estate acquisition, financing, management and development, principally involving the development and management of multi-family housing, including housing for families of military personnel. The financing of many of these developments have involved tax credits (state and federal low-income housing tax credits, state and federal historic credits, "Brownfields" credits and other state credits).
In addition, Mr. Gahan is an experienced litigator of eminent domain and other matters involving real estate values, employment discrimination and termination matters, as well as all aspects of commercial transactions. Mr. Gahan has represented developers and property owners in matters relating to land use, ranging from permitting a site for a sanitary landfill to trials and appeals of zoning cases.
For twenty-five years, Mr. Gahan was a member of the Board of Appeals in the Town of Belmont and served as the Board chairman during most of those years. In that capacity, he drafted a landmark decision allowing a Mormon temple to be built in Belmont, Massachusetts, a decision upheld in a unanimous ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
In recent years, Mr. Gahan has served on the Board of Directors of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) and has assisted in the drafting of laws and regulations dealing with affordable housing properties, including the housing preservation law, enacted in 2009, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Chapter 40T - An Act Preserving Publicly-Assisted Affordable Housing). Mr. Gahan served on the advisory committee which provided advice and recommendations relative to the implementation of Chapter 40T.
Mr. Gahan also serves, or has served, on the boards of a number of local banks, hospitals and other social organizations.
Mr. Gahan has been with Murtha Cullina (formerly Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo) since 1971 and currently serves on the Firm's Executive Committee.
