Varsity Properties

Specialties

Varsity Properties specializes in providing accomodations to the Queen’s University community in Kingston, Ontario. Our Homes and Suites all include regular housekeeping services and are equiped with premium finishes. Each Varsity Property is located a maximum 7 minute walk from the Center of Queen’s Main Campus. Our staff is super fast and attentive to repair issues.

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History

Established in 2003.

Varsity Properties was founded by A.J. Keilty, a native of Kingston, Ontario who grew up in the hotel business. It was while earning his Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Queen’s University’s School of Business that Mr. Keilty and his friends leased a typical 7 bedroom house in the Queen’s Student Village. It was home to them, but the place was a dump. The Landlord lived 3 hours away and was very slow to make repairs. Each January he looked for another home to move to, but each year was unable to find a suitably affordable, clean and well maintained properly close enough to campus. These frustrating experiences lead him to recognize an opportunity in the housing market. He decided to bring his understanding of the hospitality business to the student housing industry by founding Kingston’s first rental property company that focused on providing services to residents, rather than property management for owners.