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Trio Launches National Real Estate Firm in Newport Beach

CrownPoint Partners to be based in Orange County and South Florida

NEWPORT BEACH – A trio of commercial real estate veterans announced the launch of a national brokerage and advisory firm, with its headquarters in Orange County and South Florida.

Don Bingham, Shannon Bona and Julius Swolsky formed CrownPoint Partners, a commercial real estate company specializing in net lease and sale-leaseback transactions for industrial, medical, office, retail and special purpose properties nationwide.

The company will have two headquarters: 260 Newport Center Drive, Suite 100 in Newport Beach and 700 S. Rosemary Square, Suite 204 in West Palm Beach.

Bingham, Bona and Swolsky have combined to close more than $3 billion in sales volume across 750-plus transactions.

Bingham and Swolsky will be based in the Newport Bach office, while Bona would be in West Palm Beach. All three executives would be the company’s managing partner and co-founder.

Bingham, Bona and Swolsky previously worked at Newport Beach-based Graystone Capital Advisors. Swolsky was a managing director at Graystone, while Bona served as first vice president and Bingham was vice president.

Deals completed by the trio at Graystone include a $400 million automotive dealership portfolio in the Northeastern U.S. and new Walgreens locations in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

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Parimal Rohit
Parimal Rohit
Parimal M. Rohit has nearly two decades of experience in journalism and recently covered Texas real estate for CoStar News and Austin Business Journal. He was also the editor of The Log, covering Southern California's and Northern Mexico's maritime and environmental spaces. Throughout his career, Rohit has also covered the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Bollywood and California politics. Rohit won 12 reporting awards from the San Diego Press Club, including best environmental reporting and best essay/commentary, and the Fort Worth chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. His hobbies include photography, podcasting, travel and filmmaking. He is also the recipient of several fellowships, including one through the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and another through the RK Mellon Foundation.

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