Merrill H. Diamond is a founding partner of Diamond Sinacori, LLC, a Boston-based Real Estate Development company that was founded in 1978.

Mr. Diamond has been the recipient of numerous national awards for environmentally sensitive design, historic preservation, adaptive re-use, and creative business development. He has served as both a gubernatorial appointee to the Massachusetts Historical Commission and to the Senate Special Commission on Historic Preservation. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of Preservation Mass, the Commonwealth’s statewide, non-profit preservation agency. In addition, Mr. Diamond has been named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Arthur Young / Venture Magazine; “Merchant Builder of the Year” by the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB); and one of “America’s Most Valuable People” by USA Today, the nation’s national newspaper. He has been profiled in Jeffrey L. Seglin’s book, America’s New Breed of Entrepreneurs, and his development firm has twice been named “One of America’s Fastest Growing Companies” by Inc. Magazine.

Mr. Diamond’s recent private-sector real estate development projects include the following: Stoneleigh, the historic preservation and revitalization of the Old Norfolk County Jail in Dedham, Massachusetts, into residential condominiums; Kendall Crescent, the adaptive-reuse, historic preservation, and new construction of the historic Public Works Complex, including the historic Sewell School and old Town Barn in Brookline, Massachusetts, into residential condominiums and office space; The Waterworks at Chestnut Hill, a 112-unit residential condominium complex and museum developed in a joint venture with Edward A. Fish Associates and overlooking the Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; and The Shops at OCEAN’S GATE, a 40,000 sf retail center that is the new “face” of the downtown in Marshfield, Massachusetts. The firm recently developed The Lancaster, a joint venture development with Urban Spaces consisting of 55 new condominium units in Boston, Massachusetts, and the historic Wild-Sargent Estate in Brookline, Massachusetts. More recently, the firm developed 10 condominiums in the historic Kelley School in Newburyport; BRIX, a 61-unit condominium complex in downtown Salem, Massachusetts; and 13 residences on the historic Richardson Estate overlooking the Brookline Reservoir, both in joint venture with Urban Spaces. Permitting for another multifamily residential project in Brookline will begin shortly.

Mr. Diamond has also done work in the public sector under the auspices of HUD’s innovative HOPE VI program. In addition to working on the revitalization of a number of distressed communities across the country, Mr. Diamond is credited with creating and implementing “The Indianapolis Approach,” a method of utilizing local minority and women contractors to construct HOPE VI developments -- thus turning HOPE VI construction dollars into an economic development generator to: a) build capacity for local businesses; b) create sustaining jobs; and c) keep most of the HOPE VI grant re-circulating within the impacted community. Mr. Diamond has spoken at a number of national symposiums relative to this approach, and his views on public and affordable housing have been widely published.