(Note: SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. filed its S-11/A to go public on Dec. 9, 2022, without disclosing terms for its IPO.)

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. is an internally managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, and a premier owner and operator of self storage facilities in the United States and Canada.

We are a premier owner and operator of self storage facilities in the United States and Canada. We are internally managed and have built a fully integrated, technology-driven platform that acquires, owns and operates institutional quality properties located primarily within top metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, throughout the United States and the Greater Toronto Area, or GTA, in Canada. According to the Inside Self Storage Top-Operators List for 2022, we are the 11th largest owner and operator of self storage properties in the United States based on number of properties, units and rentable square footage. Our portfolio consists of 159 owned properties across 19 states and the GTA, comprising approximately 108,400 units and 12.3 million net rentable square feet.

We were formed as a Maryland corporation in January 2013 and have elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning with our taxable year ended Dec. 31, 2014.