THE PARENT+DIAMOND STORY

Ralph Parent’s relationship with Merrill Diamond dates back 30 years, starting with Diamond’s coaching Parent in Little League baseball when he was 10 years old. Since that time, Mr. Diamond has continued the mentoring relationship throughout Mr. Parent’s academic and professional career.

More recently, Ralph Parent became a real estate broker. Concurrently, he had been in partnerships with other real estate developers to develop single and two-family homes in the City of Boston.

With the retirement of Merrill Diamond’s longtime partner in Diamond Sinacori, Mr. Parent and Mr. Diamond agreed to join forces and rebrand Diamond Sinacori, LLC, as PARENT+DIAMOND, LLC, (P+D) in order to continue doing socially responsible development work in the private sector as well as continuing such work in the public sector.

Both Parent and Diamond have previously developed real estate projects, but the two principals differ in their respective experience and scale of their projects. Ralph Parent will provide a special focus and responsibility regarding the management of the entitlement process and, at the completion of construction, will work with the marketing and sales team. Merrill Diamond’s primary focus will include, with Mr. Parent’s participation and input, deal negotiations, development management, and the identification of appropriate funding sources for PARENT+DIAMOND’s ongoing development projects.