Meet DeAngelis Diamond

Capital campaign spotlight

By Marcy Friedland, Capital Campaign & Planned Giving Director

This month, we would like to introduce you to DeAngelis Diamond, the firm with whom we have contracted to construct the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in sunny Naples, Florida, DeAngelis Diamond is an innovative, award-winning construction management firm and a nationally recognized leader in the construction industry.

In its first 25 years, the firm rapidly grew from a highly successful regional construction management company to a nationally known and well-respected innovative leader in the industry with a highly diverse project portfolio.

The DeAngelis Diamond team

Today, DeAngelis Diamond has completed over $4 billion of construction projects, is a top-ranked company in the United States, is licensed in 33 states, has an international presence in the Caribbean Islands, and has fully staffed offices in Naples, Fort Myers, Sarasota, Orlando, Birmingham, Nashville and Detroit.

DeAngelis Diamond has received numerous awards, including Builder of the Year, Best Places to Work, Sand Dollar, Summit and Pinnacle, and has been ranked on ENR’s Top 400 Contractors and Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America list.

When we asked them to share with us what building this project means to them, this is what they shared:

Our company motto is “The Honor to Build” and we are humbled and honored by the faith our clients place in us to build their dreams. It is truly an honor to build the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.

At DeAngelis Diamond, we don’t just build structures, we create places to live, heal, work, learn and worship. In the process, we believe it is imperative to help improve the world around us, especially in our own community.

As a locally owned and operated construction firm, Collier County is our home. We are excited to work with Jewish Federation of Greater Naples and be a part of Brian McKenzie, Director of Special Projects and the lead on the project says, “I have enjoyed working with Jewish Federation of Greater Naples from the earliest stages of the project. The Federation has an active and passionate building committee, which highlights to me the strength of the Jewish community and of this organization. It has been a pleasure working with James Knafo and Wegman Design Group. When complete, the building will be distinctive both inside and out.”