---
title: "QuadReal Property Group Provides $64M Refi for Miss. U. Student Housing"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/fba877c9-e234-4612-9419-e4ac0765ae7a
source: "Commercial Observer"
original_url: https://commercialobserver.com/2026/06/quadreal-property-group-64m-refi-vista-starkville-student-housing/
author: "Brian Pascus"
category: "Real estate"
industry: "Business Services"
segment: "Real estate"
published: 2026-06-12T13:13:10.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:18:36.217Z
image: https://commercialobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/06/Vista-Starkville-Starkville-MS-credit-JLL-WEB.jpg?quality=80&w=1200
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# QuadReal Property Group Provides $64M Refi for Miss. U. Student Housing

**TL;DR:** Student Quarters has secured a $63.75 million refinancing loan from QuadReal Property Group for the Vista Starkville student housing complex near Mississippi State University. The loan was arranged by the JLL Capital Markets team.

*By Brian Pascus, originally published in Commercial Observer on 2026-06-12. [Read the original](https://commercialobserver.com/2026/06/quadreal-property-group-64m-refi-vista-starkville-student-housing/).*

## Story

**Student Quarters**, an Atlanta-based owner and operator with $1.5 billion in student housing assets, has secured $63.75 million to refinance the **Vista Starkville**, a 309-unit, 820-bed student housing complex near **Mississippi State University**.

**QuadReal Property Group** provided the three-year, floating-rate loan, while the **JLL Capital Markets** team of **Gregg Shapiro**, **Mike Brady**, **Sam Tarter**, **Christian Johnston**, and **Conor McCarthy** arranged the transaction.

Shapiro noted in a statement that Vista Starkville sits in an attractive location just west of the university that has generated strong occupancy metrics in recent years.

“The Vista Starkville represents best-in-class student housing serving one of the Southeast’s most dynamic university markets,” said Shapiro.

Mississippi State University has seen its student enrollment grow 11 percent over the last decade and announced a record-high count of 23,563 for the 2025-2026 school year, according to JLL.

Located **705 University Drive** in Starkville, Miss., the Vista Starkville opened in 2019 and features more than 300 units that range from studios to five-bedroom student apartments. The building currently carries a 97 percent occupancy rate and includes amenities such as an outdoor pool, a fitness lounge, and private student parking.

## Entities

- Real Estate (sector)
- Commercial Observer (publication)
- Brian Pascus (person)
- JLL Capital Markets (company)
- refinancing (topic)
- student housing (topic)
- Student Quarters (company)
- Mississippi State University (location)
- Christian Johnston (person)
- real estate loan (topic)
- QuadReal Property Group (company)
- Vista Starkville (location)

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Originally reported by Brian Pascus, Commercial Observer (https://commercialobserver.com/2026/06/quadreal-property-group-64m-refi-vista-starkville-student-housing/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/fba877c9-e234-4612-9419-e4ac0765ae7a).