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The percentage of excess profit participation in unconsolidated joint ventures.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures - Schedule of Investments (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		244
Investment balance		$ 296,692	$ 292,790
PR EXR Self Storage, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		5
Equity Ownership %		25.00%
Excess Profit %		40.00%
Investment balance		$ 59,147	59,391
WICNN JV LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		10
Equity Ownership %		10.00%
Excess Profit %		25.00%
Investment balance		$ 36,445	36,552
VRS Self Storage, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		16
Equity Ownership %		45.00%
Excess Profit %		54.00%
Investment balance		$ 17,356	17,639
ESS-NYFL JV LP
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		11
Equity Ownership %		16.00%
Excess Profit %		24.00%
Investment balance		$ 12,611	13,320
GFN JV, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		6
Equity Ownership %		10.00%
Excess Profit %		30.00%
Investment balance		$ 15,576	12,168
PRISA Self Storage LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		85
Equity Ownership %		4.00%
Excess Profit %		4.00%
Investment balance		$ 9,073	9,133
Alan Jathoo JV LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		9
Equity Ownership %		10.00%
Excess Profit %		10.00%
Investment balance		$ 7,928	7,977
Storage Portfolio III JV LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		5
Equity Ownership %		10.00%
Excess Profit %		30.00%
Investment balance		$ 5,832	3,995
ESS Bristol Investments LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		8
Equity Ownership %		10.00%
Excess Profit %		28.00%
Investment balance		$ 2,914	3,046
Extra Space Northern Properties Six LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		10
Equity Ownership %		10.00%
Excess Profit %		35.00%
Investment balance		$ (2,228)	(2,091)
Storage Portfolio II JV LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		36
Equity Ownership %		10.00%
Excess Profit %		30.00%
Investment balance		$ (4,915)	(4,827)
Storage Portfolio I LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		24
Equity Ownership %		34.00%
Excess Profit %		49.00%
Investment balance		$ (38,570)	(38,345)
Other minority owned stores
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property		19
Investment balance		$ 25,523	24,832
Other minority owned stores \| Minimum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Ownership %		10.00%
Excess Profit %		19.00%
Other minority owned stores \| Maximum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Ownership %		50.00%
Excess Profit %		50.00%
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. Preferred Stock
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment balance		$ 150,000	$ 150,000
Amount invested	$ 150
Investment commitment	$ 50
Investment commitment, period	12 months
Investment, preferred dividend rate	6.25%
Period after which preferred stock dividend is subject to increase	5 years
Period after which preferred stock is subject to increase	5 years