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Investment In Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities, Net Of Distributions

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Preferred Stock Investment, Dividend Rate

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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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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) store property	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property	288
Investment balance	$ 410,785		$ 393,744
Amount invested	$ 4,321	$ 250
Number of joint venture stores purchased \| store	2
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	$ 8,746		8,792
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	$ (6,336)		(6,116)
Storage Portfolio IV JV LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property	29
Equity Ownership %	10.00%
Excess Profit %	30.00%
Investment balance	$ 44,156		40,174
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	$ (40,447)		(40,168)
PR II EXR JV LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property	18
Equity Ownership %	25.00%
Excess Profit %	25.00%
Investment balance	$ 70,131		70,403
ESS-CA TIVS JV LP
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property	16
Equity Ownership %	55.00%
Excess Profit %	60.00%
Investment balance	$ 32,582		32,288
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	$ (14,619)		(14,269)
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	$ 11,746		11,796
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	$ (3,104)		(3,029)
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	$ 7,556		7,621
ESS Bristol Investments LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property	8
Equity Ownership %	10.00%
Excess Profit %	30.00%
Investment balance	$ 2,204		2,628
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	$ 59,172		59,393
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	$ 5,562		5,596
Other minority owned stores
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| property	16
Investment balance	$ 33,436		18,635
Other minority owned stores \| Minimum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Ownership %	20.00%
Excess Profit %	20.00%
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	$ 200,000		$ 200,000
Investment, preferred dividend rate	6.25%
Period after which preferred stock dividend is subject to increase	5 years
Investment redemption restriction period	5 years