08/21/2026
Networking, market insights, and craft beer at local favourite Shawn & Ed Brewing Co. made for a great evening at the Cornerstone Connects Summer Social! 🤝📊🍻
Our Broker of Record, Mike Beaudoin, recently spent the evening at Shawn & Ed Brewing Co. in Dundas, connecting with local industry peers, catching up with recent Hockey Helps the Homeless teammates, and having the opportunity to meet Drew Hemsley, the new 2026–2027 Chair of the Board of Directors for our primary real estate board, Cornerstone Association of REALTORS® (Cornerstone).
Mike caught the TD Bank presentation detailing current residential mortgage trends, which, although not commercially focused, was valuable insight that can help inform his discussions on future residential development projects.
Beyond the great networking, and Shawn & Ed Brewing’s delicious Nitro Dark Ale, Mike highlighted the venue itself as an awesome commercial real estate case study:
“The Lager Shed is a great commercial real estate property as it shows the multiple uses of a building that was very specifically built. It used to be a curling and skating rink around 1860, then a bus depot, then a furniture store, and now a brewery. It sat empty for a long while, being used in a bunch of Hallmark movies shot in town, and those uses still go on, and it can be seen in productions like The Handmaid’s Tale, The Boys, Self Made, and more.”
The building is a prime example of adaptive reuse and the enduring value of versatile commercial spaces! It’s always inspiring to see historic local spaces reinvented to serve the community in new ways.
Thank you to Cornerstone (Cornerstone Association of REALTORS®) and Shawn & Ed Brewing Co. (Shawn & Ed Brewing Co.) for hosting such an exceptional evening!