Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenues:
Property rental	$ 2,222,578	$ 1,654,735	$ 1,340,990
Tenant reinsurance	235,680	185,531	170,108
Management fees and other income	101,986	83,904	66,264
Total revenues	2,560,244	1,924,170	1,577,362
Expenses:
Property operations	612,036	435,342	368,608
Tenant reinsurance	58,874	33,560	29,488
Transaction costs	0	1,548	0
Life Storage Merger transition costs	66,732	0	0
General and administrative	146,408	129,251	102,194
Depreciation and amortization	506,053	288,316	241,879
Total expenses	1,390,103	888,017	742,169
Gain on real estate transactions	0	14,249	140,760
Income from operations	1,170,141	1,050,402	975,953
Interest expense	(419,035)	(219,171)	(166,183)
Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on Life Storage unsecured senior notes	(18,786)	0	0
Interest income	84,857	69,422	49,703
Income before equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities and income tax expense	817,177	900,653	859,473
Equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities	54,835	41,428	32,358
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of real estate assets	0	0	6,251
Income tax expense	(21,559)	(20,925)	(20,324)
Net income	850,453	921,156	877,758
Net income allocated to Preferred Operating Partnership noncontrolling interests	(9,011)	(17,623)	(14,697)
Net income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests	(38,244)	(42,845)	(35,412)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 803,198	$ 860,688	$ 827,649
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 4.74	$ 6.41	$ 6.20
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 4.74	$ 6.41	$ 6.19
Weighted average number of shares
Basic (in shares)	169,216,989	134,050,815	133,374,938
Diluted (in shares)	169,220,882	141,681,388	140,016,028