Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Revenues:
Property rental	$ 650,887	$ 428,787	$ 1,525,596	$ 1,216,639
Tenant reinsurance	69,128	47,869	165,265	138,093
Management fees and other income	28,019	22,246	71,609	62,720
Total revenues	748,034	498,902	1,762,470	1,417,452
Expenses:
Property operations	185,194	114,577	416,997	322,371
Tenant reinsurance	19,130	10,770	37,701	25,349
Transaction costs	0	0	0	1,465
Life Storage Merger transition costs	54,174	0	54,174	0
General and administrative	37,406	32,275	107,011	93,288
Depreciation and amortization	152,338	71,423	309,914	208,396
Total expenses	448,242	229,045	925,797	650,869
Gain on real estate transactions	0	0	0	14,249
Income from operations	299,792	269,857	836,673	780,832
Interest expense	(122,899)	(56,245)	(289,370)	(146,249)
Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on Life Storage unsecured senior notes	(8,228)	0	(8,228)	0
Interest income	22,092	18,125	62,607	52,174
Income before equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities and income tax expense	190,757	231,737	601,682	686,757
Equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities	15,043	11,149	38,602	30,436
Income tax expense	(6,944)	(6,760)	(17,238)	(15,516)
Net income	198,856	236,126	623,046	701,677
Net income allocated to Preferred Operating Partnership noncontrolling interests	(2,253)	(4,454)	(6,761)	(13,278)
Net income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests	(8,253)	(10,953)	(29,221)	(31,971)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 188,350	$ 220,719	$ 587,064	$ 656,428
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.96	$ 1.65	$ 3.78	$ 4.89
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.96	$ 1.65	$ 3.78	$ 4.89
Weighted average number of shares
Basic (in shares)	195,324,444	133,913,652	155,112,071	134,094,490
Diluted (in shares)	195,328,020	141,504,215	155,116,149	141,567,845
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.62	$ 1.50	$ 4.86	$ 4.50