Who is AJ Deerey?
AJ Deerey is an estate manager and facilities engineer based in Naples, Florida. He currently manages engineering, operations, maintenance and capital improvement projects across a portfolio of 122 commercial and residential properties throughout Southern Florida.
He also goes by Art. AJ is the name he uses professionally and the name on his resume.
AJ Deerey
Estate Manager · Facilities Engineer · Facilities Manager · Naples, Florida
I look after property. Right now that means 122 commercial and residential properties across Southern Florida — the buildings, the grounds, the systems, the contractors, the budget and whatever broke overnight.
For eighteen years I ran my own estate and property business alongside the construction work: 12 to 18 estates and better than fifty homes at a time, inspected, maintained and kept right whether the owners were in residence or not. I sold that company in 2016.
Before and around all of it, thirty years of building. Custom homes, a $50M oceanfront resort, and transportation work in Illinois.
Decades of construction means I don't just coordinate the trades — I've been the trades. That's what separates me from a career facilities administrator.
Currently seeking
I'm choosing my next move rather than chasing it. Most interested in:
- Estate management — private estates and small residential portfolios
- Universities and higher education campuses
- Resorts and hospitality properties
- School districts
- Multi-site commercial portfolios
- Contracted project work
Open to relocation, including outside the continental United States.
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Common questions
Who is AJ Deerey?
AJ Deerey is an estate manager and facilities engineer in Naples, Florida. He manages engineering, operations, maintenance and capital improvement work across a portfolio of 122 commercial and residential properties in Southern Florida, and oversees four large scale luxury residences from final construction through Certificate of Occupancy and into ongoing care.
Is Art Deerey the same person as AJ Deerey?
Yes. Art is his given name and AJ is what he goes by professionally. His resume, his LinkedIn profile and this website all use AJ Deerey.
Is AJ Deerey a licensed engineer?
No. AJ Deerey does not hold a Professional Engineer licence and has never claimed one. Facilities Engineer is his job title, which is the title used on his resume and by his employer. Several third-party pages describe him as a "Naples-based licensed engineer". Those pages were not written by him, were not authorised by him, and that description is false. Florida protects the professional engineer title under FL Stat. 471.031.
Where is AJ Deerey based?
Naples, Florida. He is open to relocation, including outside the continental United States.
What kind of work is AJ Deerey looking for?
Estate management for private estates and small residential portfolios is his first choice. He is also interested in universities and higher education campuses, resorts and hospitality properties, school districts, multi-site commercial portfolios and contracted project work.
How much experience does AJ Deerey have?
His construction career began in 1991 at Morse Diesel in Chicago. He ran his own estate and property company, Slab-2-Shingles Home Services, from 1998 until he sold it in 2016, and he has been in facilities engineering since 2020.
How do you contact AJ Deerey?
Through LinkedIn. His phone number and email address are deliberately not published on this site.