10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022

or

☐ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________.

Commission File Number: 001-33519

Public Storage

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	95-3551121
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
701 Western Avenue, Glendale, California	91201-2349
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 244-8080.

Former name, former address and former fiscal, if changed since last report: N/A

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12b of the Act:

Title of Class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, $0.10 par value	PSA	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 5.150% Cum Pref Share, Series F, $0.01 par value	PSAPrF	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 5.050% Cum Pref Share, Series G, $0.01 par value	PSAPrG	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 5.600% Cum Pref Share, Series H, $0.01 par value	PSAPrH	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.875% Cum Pref Share, Series I, $0.01 par value	PSAPrI	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.700% Cum Pref Share, Series J, $0.01 par value	PSAPrJ	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.750% Cum Pref Share, Series K, $0.01 par value	PSAPrK	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.625% Cum Pref Share, Series L, $0.01 par value	PSAPrL	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.125% Cum Pref Share, Series M, $0.01 par value	PSAPrM	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 3.875% Cum Pref Share, Series N, $0.01 par value	PSAPrN	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 3.900% Cum Pref Share, Series O, $0.01 par value	PSAPrO	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.000% Cum Pref Share, Series P, $0.01 par value	PSAPrP	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 3.950% Cum Pref Share, Series Q, $0.01 par value	PSAPrQ	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.000% Cum Pref Share, Series R, $0.01 par value	PSAPrR	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.100% Cum Pref Share, Series S, $0.01 par value	PSAPrS	New York Stock Exchange
0.875% Senior Notes due 2032	PSA32	New York Stock Exchange
0.500% Senior Notes due 2030	PSA30	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for at least the past 90 days.

☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	Accelerated filer	Non-accelerated filer	Smaller reporting company	Emerging growth company
☒	☐	☐	☐	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

☐ Yes ☒ No

Indicate the number of the registrant’s outstanding common shares of beneficial interest, as of October 27, 2022:

Common Shares of beneficial interest, $0.10 par value per share – 175,638,388 shares

PUBLIC STORAGE

INDEX

PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	Pages
Item 1.	Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Consolidated Balance Sheets	1
	Consolidated Statements of Income	2
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	3
	Consolidated Statements of Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests	4-7
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	8-9
	Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	10-23
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	24-51
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	52
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	52
PART II	OTHER INFORMATION (Items 3, 4 and 5 are not applicable)
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	53
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	53
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	53
Item 6.	Exhibits	53

PUBLIC STORAGE

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in thousands, except share data)

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
	(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents	$	883,787	$	734,599
Real estate facilities, at cost:
Land	5,240,841		5,134,060
Buildings	18,535,053		17,673,773
	23,775,894		22,807,833
Accumulated depreciation	(8,346,598)		(7,773,308)
	15,429,296		15,034,525
Construction in process	406,354		272,471
	15,835,650		15,306,996
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	252,648		828,763
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	239,811		302,894
Other assets	239,024		207,656
Total assets	$	17,450,920	$	17,380,908
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Notes payable	$	6,740,451	$	7,475,279
Accrued and other liabilities	589,712		482,091
Total liabilities	7,330,163		7,957,370
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	—		68,249
Equity:
Public Storage shareholders’ equity:
Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 174,000 shares issued (in series) and outstanding, (164,000 at December 31, 2021) at liquidation preference	4,350,000		4,100,000
Common Shares, $0.10 par value, 650,000,000 shares authorized, 175,336,452 shares issued and outstanding (175,134,455 shares at December 31, 2021)	17,534		17,513
Paid-in capital	5,878,739		5,821,667
Accumulated deficit	(122,631)		(550,416)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(96,470)		(53,587)
Total Public Storage shareholders’ equity	10,027,172		9,335,177
Noncontrolling interests	93,585		20,112
Total equity	10,120,757		9,355,289
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity	$	17,450,920	$	17,380,908

See accompanying notes.

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PUBLIC STORAGE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Revenues:
Self-storage facilities	$	1,027,374	$	840,510	$	2,917,675	$	2,333,850
Ancillary operations	60,757		54,421		175,946		157,658
	1,088,131		894,931		3,093,621		2,491,508
Expenses:
Self-storage cost of operations	255,470		216,999		738,953		631,699
Ancillary cost of operations	21,572		19,735		54,297		52,044
Depreciation and amortization	220,772		188,552		661,608		508,139
General and administrative	29,501		31,682		81,401		78,996
Interest expense	34,113		23,736		100,178		60,980
	561,428		480,704		1,636,437		1,331,858
Other increases to net income:
Interest and other income	12,736		3,356		26,394		9,321
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	8,180		32,860		100,129		81,382
Foreign currency exchange gain	100,170		40,906		237,270		73,584
Gain on sale of real estate	1,503		279		1,503		13,683
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,128,860		—		2,128,860		—
Net income	2,778,152		491,628		3,951,340		1,337,620
Allocation to noncontrolling interests	(9,158)		(1,537)		(14,553)		(4,067)
Net income allocable to Public Storage shareholders	2,768,994		490,091		3,936,787		1,333,553
Allocation of net income to:
Preferred shareholders	(48,678)		(46,237)		(145,716)		(138,500)
Preferred shareholders - redemptions	—		—		—		(16,989)
Restricted share units	(8,155)		(1,527)		(11,405)		(3,678)
Net income allocable to common shareholders	$	2,712,161	$	442,327	$	3,779,666	$	1,174,386
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	15.47	$	2.53	$	21.57	$	6.72
Diluted	$	15.38	$	2.52	$	21.44	$	6.70
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	175,283		174,926		175,227		174,787
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	176,328		175,806		176,325		175,398

See accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net income	$	2,778,152	$	491,628	$	3,951,340	$	1,337,620
Foreign currency exchange loss on investment in Shurgard	(17,253)		(6,898)		(42,883)		(9,579)
Total comprehensive income	2,760,899		484,730		3,908,457		1,328,041
Allocation to noncontrolling interests	(9,158)		(1,537)		(14,553)		(4,067)
Comprehensive income allocable to Public Storage shareholders	$	2,751,741	$	483,193	$	3,893,904	$	1,323,974

See accompanying notes.

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PUBLIC STORAGE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Three Months Ended September 30, 2022

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	Cumulative Preferred Shares		Common Shares		Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Total Public Storage Shareholders' Equity		Noncontrolling Interests		Total Equity		Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Balances at June 30, 2022	$	4,350,000	$	17,524	$	5,848,632	$	(182,213)	$	(79,217)	$	9,954,726	$	93,622	$	10,048,348	$	—
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation (97,189 shares)	—		10		16,445		—		—		16,455		—		16,455		—
Taxes withheld upon net share settlement of restricted share units	—		—		(779)		—		—		(779)		—		(779)		—
Share-based compensation expense	—		—		14,441		—		—		14,441		—		14,441		—
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		561		561		—
Net income	—		—		—		2,778,152		—		2,778,152		—		2,778,152		—
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(9,158)		—		(9,158)		9,158		—		—
Distributions to:
Preferred shareholders (Note 9)	—		—		—		(48,678)		—		(48,678)		—		(48,678)		—
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		(9,756)		(9,756)		—
Common shareholders and restricted share unitholders ($15.15 per share) (Note 9)	—		—		—		(2,660,734)		—		(2,660,734)		—		(2,660,734)		—
Other comprehensive loss	—		—		—		—		(17,253)		(17,253)		—		(17,253)		—
Balances at September 30, 2022	$	4,350,000	$	17,534	$	5,878,739	$	(122,631)	$	(96,470)	$	10,027,172	$	93,585	$	10,120,757	$	—

See accompanying notes.

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PUBLIC STORAGE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	Cumulative Preferred Shares		Common Shares		Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Total Public Storage Shareholders' Equity		Noncontrolling Interests		Total Equity		Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Balances at June 30, 2021	$	3,871,250	$	17,486	$	5,764,672	$	(863,742)	$	(46,082)	$	8,743,584	$	19,519	$	8,763,103	$	—
Issuance of 5,750 preferred shares	143,750		—		(4,777)		—		—		138,973		—		138,973		—
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation (183,823 shares)	—		19		33,795		—		—		33,814		—		33,814		—
Share-based compensation expense, net of cash paid in lieu of common shares	—		—		15,253		—		—		15,253		—		15,253		—
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		594		594		—
Net income	—		—		—		491,628		—		491,628		—		491,628		—
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(1,537)		—		(1,537)		1,537		—		—
Distributions to:
Preferred shareholders	—		—		—		(46,237)		—		(46,237)		—		(46,237)		—
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		(1,706)		(1,706)		—
Common shareholders and restricted share unitholders ($2.00 per share)	—		—		—		(351,226)		—		(351,226)		—		(351,226)		—
Other comprehensive loss	—		—		—		—		(6,898)		(6,898)		—		(6,898)		—
Balances at September 30, 2021	$	4,015,000	$	17,505	$	5,808,943	$	(771,114)	$	(52,980)	$	9,017,354	$	19,944	$	9,037,298	$	—

See accompanying notes.

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PUBLIC STORAGE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	Cumulative Preferred Shares		Common Shares		Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Total Public Storage Shareholders' Equity		Noncontrolling Interests		Total Equity		Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Balances at December 31, 2021	$	4,100,000	$	17,513	$	5,821,667	$	(550,416)	$	(53,587)	$	9,335,177	$	20,112	$	9,355,289	$	68,249
Issuance of 10,000 preferred shares (Note 9)	250,000		—		(7,168)		—		—		242,832		—		242,832		—
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation (201,997 shares) (Note 11)	—		21		27,994		—		—		28,015		—		28,015		—
Taxes withheld upon net share settlement of restricted share units (Note 11)	—		—		(12,989)		—		—		(12,989)		—		(12,989)		—
Share-based compensation expense (Note 11)	—		—		49,235		—		—		49,235		—		49,235		—
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		6,698		6,698		15,426
Reclassification from redeemable noncontrolling interests to noncontrolling interests													83,826		83,826		(83,826)
Net income	—		—		—		3,951,340		—		3,951,340		—		3,951,340		—
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(14,553)		—		(14,553)		13,893		(660)		660
Distributions to:
Preferred shareholders (Note 9)	—		—		—		(145,716)		—		(145,716)		—		(145,716)		—
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		(30,944)		(30,944)		(509)
Common shareholders and restricted share unitholders ($19.15 per share) (Note 9)	—		—		—		(3,363,286)		—		(3,363,286)		—		(3,363,286)		—
Other comprehensive loss	—		—		—		—		(42,883)		(42,883)		—		(42,883)		—
Balances at September 30, 2022	$	4,350,000	$	17,534	$	5,878,739	$	(122,631)	$	(96,470)	$	10,027,172	$	93,585	$	10,120,757	$	—

See accompanying notes.

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PUBLIC STORAGE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	Cumulative Preferred Shares		Common Shares		Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Total Public Storage Shareholders' Equity		Noncontrolling Interests		Total Equity		Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Balances at December 31, 2020	$	3,792,500	$	17,458	$	5,707,101	$	(914,791)	$	(43,401)	$	8,558,867	$	18,032	$	8,576,899	$	—
Issuance of 29,900 preferred shares	747,500		—		(22,189)		—		—		725,311		—		725,311		—
Redemption and shares called for redemption of 21,000 preferred shares	(525,000)		—		—		—		—		(525,000)		—		(525,000)		—
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation (466,518 shares)	—		47		81,365		—		—		81,412		—		81,412		—
Share-based compensation expense, net of cash paid in lieu of common shares	—		—		42,698		—		—		42,698		—		42,698		—
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	—		—		(32)		—		—		(32)		(1)		(33)		—
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		2,359		2,359		—
Net income	—		—		—		1,337,620		—		1,337,620		—		1,337,620		—
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		(4,067)		—		(4,067)		4,067		—		—
Distributions to:
Preferred shareholders	—		—		—		(138,500)		—		(138,500)		—		(138,500)		—
Noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		(4,513)		(4,513)		—
Common shareholders and restricted share unitholders ($6.00 per share)	—		—		—		(1,051,376)		—		(1,051,376)		—		(1,051,376)		—
Other comprehensive loss	—		—		—		—		(9,579)		(9,579)		—		(9,579)		—
Balances at September 30, 2021	$	4,015,000	$	17,505	$	5,808,943	$	(771,114)	$	(52,980)	$	9,017,354	$	19,944	$	9,037,298	$	—

See accompanying notes.

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PUBLIC STORAGE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited)

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	3,951,340	$	1,337,620
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	(2,128,860)		—
Gain on sale of real estate	(1,503)		(13,683)
Depreciation and amortization	661,608		508,139
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	(100,129)		(81,382)
Distributions from cumulative equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	134,460		59,251
Unrealized foreign currency exchange gain	(236,698)		(73,584)
Share-based compensation expense	44,597		47,647
Other	55,975		30,712
Total adjustments	(1,570,550)		477,100
Net cash flows from operating activities	2,380,790		1,814,720
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities	(337,896)		(169,103)
Development and expansion of real estate facilities	(231,483)		(201,527)
Acquisition of real estate facilities and intangible assets	(529,357)		(2,845,284)
Distributions in excess of cumulative equity in earnings from unconsolidated real estate entities	13,670		8,765
Proceeds from sale of real estate investments	1,543		16,070
Proceeds from sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,636,011		—
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities	1,552,488		(3,191,079)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments on notes payable	(502,270)		(1,585)
Issuance of notes payable, net of issuance costs	—		3,300,160
Issuance of preferred shares	242,832		725,311
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation	27,913		81,412
Redemption of preferred shares	—		(825,000)
Taxes paid upon net share settlement of restricted share units	(12,989)		(10,438)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	—		(33)
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	1,659		2,359
Distributions paid to preferred shareholders, common shareholders and restricted share unitholders	(3,508,581)		(1,189,876)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests	(31,453)		(4,513)
Net cash flows (used in) from financing activities	(3,782,889)		2,077,797
Net cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities	150,389		701,438
Net effect of foreign exchange impact on cash and equivalents, including restricted cash	—		313
Increase in cash and equivalents, including restricted cash	$	150,389	$	701,751

See accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited)

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021
Cash and equivalents, including restricted cash at beginning of the period:
Cash and equivalents	$	734,599	$	257,560
Restricted cash included in other assets	26,691		25,040
	$	761,290	$	282,600
Cash and equivalents, including restricted cash at end of the period:
Cash and equivalents	$	883,787	$	958,247
Restricted cash included in other assets	27,892		26,104
	$	911,679	$	984,351
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Costs incurred during the period remaining unpaid at period end for:
Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities	$	(14,254)	$	(18,243)
Construction or expansion of real estate facilities	(71,006)		(39,305)
Real estate acquired in exchange for noncontrolling interests	(19,865)		—

See accompanying notes.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

1.Description of the Business

Public Storage (referred to herein as “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”), was organized in 1980. Our principal business activities include the ownership and operation of self-storage facilities that offer storage spaces for lease, generally on a month-to-month basis, for personal and business use, ancillary activities such as tenant reinsurance, merchandise sales, and third party management, as well as the acquisition and development of additional self-storage space.

At September 30, 2022, we had direct and indirect equity interests in 2,836 self-storage facilities (with approximately 202.2 million net rentable square feet) located in 40 states in the United States (“U.S.”) operating under the Public Storage® name, and 1.2 million net rentable square feet of commercial and retail space.

At September 30, 2022, we owned a 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage SA (“Shurgard”), a public company traded on the Euronext Brussels under the “SHUR” symbol, which owned 259 self-storage facilities (with approximately 14 million net rentable square feet) located in seven Western European countries, all operating under the Shurgard® name.

On July 20, 2022, in connection with the closing of PS Business Parks, Inc.’s (“PSB”) merger transaction with affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate (“Blackstone”), we completed the sale of our 41% common equity interest in PSB in its entirety. Prior to the merger transaction, PSB was a REIT traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the “PSB” symbol, which owned commercial properties, primarily multi-tenant industrial, flex, and office space. Refer to Note 4. Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities for transaction information and our accounting treatment of the sale.

2.Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

We have prepared the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In our opinion, the interim consolidated financial statements presented herein reflect all adjustments, primarily of a normal recurring nature, that are necessary to present fairly the interim consolidated financial statements. Because they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements, these interim consolidated financial statements should be read together with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Disclosures of the number and square footage of facilities, as well as the number and coverage of tenant reinsurance policies (Note 14) are unaudited and outside the scope of our independent registered public accounting firm’s review of our financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (U.S.).

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no significant changes to the Company's significant accounting policies described in Note 2, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of Part II of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

3.Real Estate Facilities

Activity in real estate facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
	(Amounts in thousands)
Operating facilities, at cost:
Beginning balance	$	22,807,833
Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities	329,253
Acquisitions	514,541
Dispositions	(1,704)
Developed or expanded facilities opened for operation	125,971
Ending balance	23,775,894
Accumulated depreciation:
Beginning balance	(7,773,308)
Depreciation expense	(574,374)
Dispositions	1,084
Ending balance	(8,346,598)
Construction in process:
Beginning balance	272,471
Costs incurred to develop and expand real estate facilities	259,854
Developed or expanded facilities opened for operation	(125,971)
Ending balance	406,354
Total real estate facilities at September 30, 2022	$	15,835,650

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we acquired 44 self-storage facilities (3.2 million net rentable square feet of storage space), for a total cost of $501.9 million, consisting of $482.0 million in cash and $19.9 million in partnership units in our subsidiary. Approximately $14.4 million of the total cost was allocated to intangible assets. We completed development and redevelopment activities costing $126.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, adding 0.9 million net rentable square feet of self-storage space. Construction in process at September 30, 2022 consisted of projects to develop new self-storage facilities and expand existing self-storage facilities.

Additionally, on July 8, 2022, we acquired from PSB the commercial interests in five properties at three sites jointly occupied with certain of our self-storage facilities located in Maryland and Virginia, for $47.3 million. We recognized $27.0 million of real estate assets and $0.7 million of intangibles for the properties acquired, representing the cost of these commercial properties that we did not have interest in through our equity investment in PSB. We recognized the remaining $19.6 million as an increase to our basis in our equity investment in PSB, which represents the elimination of our portion of the gain recorded by PSB.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we sold portions of real estate facilities in connection with eminent domain proceedings for $1.5 million in cash proceeds and recorded a related gain on sale of real estate of approximately $1.5 million.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

4.Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

The following tables set forth our investments in, and equity in earnings of, the Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (amounts in thousands):

	Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities at
	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
PSB	$	—	$	515,312
Shurgard	252,648		313,451
Total	$	252,648	$	828,763

	Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities for the
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
PSB	$	3,586	$	27,110	$	80,596	$	62,494
Shurgard	4,594		5,750		19,533		18,888
Total	$	8,180	$	32,860	$	100,129	$	81,382

Investment in PSB

Prior to the sale of our equity investment in PSB in its entirety on July 20, 2022, we owned 7,158,354 shares of PSB’s common stock and 7,305,355 limited partnership units in an operating partnership controlled by PSB, representing a 41% common equity interest in PSB.

On April 24, 2022, PSB entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger whereby affiliates of Blackstone agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of PSB’s common stock for $187.50 per share in cash. On July 20, 2022, PSB announced that it completed the merger transaction with Blackstone. Each share of PSB common stock and each common unit of partnership interest we held in PSB were converted into the right to receive the merger consideration of $187.50 per share or unit, including a $5.25 closing cash dividend per share or unit, and a $0.22 prorated quarterly cash dividend per share or unit, for a total of $187.72 per share or unit. At the close of the merger transaction, we received a total of $2.7 billion of cash proceeds and recognized a gain of $2.1 billion, which was classified within gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc. in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

We classified the proceeds from the merger consideration of $2.6 billion or $182.25 per share or unit within cash flows from investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received cash distributions from PSB totaling $109.5 million and $45.6 million, respectively, which were classified within cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Investment in Shurgard

Throughout all periods presented, we effectively owned, directly and indirectly 31,268,459 Shurgard common shares, representing a 35% equity interest in Shurgard.

Based upon the closing price at September 30, 2022 (€41.60 per share of Shurgard common stock, at 0.980 exchange rate of U.S. Dollars to the Euro), the shares we owned had a market value of approximately $1.3 billion.

Our equity in earnings of Shurgard comprised our equity share of Shurgard’s net income, less amortization of the Shurgard Basis Differential (defined below). For each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received $2.6 million of trademark license fees that Shurgard pays to us for the use of the Shurgard® trademark. We eliminated $0.9 million of intra-entity profits and losses for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and

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September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

2021, representing our equity share of the trademark license fees. We classify the remaining license fees we receive from Shurgard as interest and other income on our income statement.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received cash dividends from Shurgard totaling $37.8 million and $21.5 million, respectively. Approximately $13.7 million and $8.8 million of total cash distributions from Shurgard during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, represented distributions in excess of cumulative equity in earnings from Shurgard, which was classified within cash flows from investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

At September 30, 2022, our investment in Shurgard’s real estate assets exceeded our pro-rata share of the underlying amounts on Shurgard’s balance sheet by approximately $65.7 million ($74.7 million at December 31, 2021). This differential (the “Shurgard Basis Differential”) includes our basis adjustments in Shurgard’s real estate assets net of related deferred income taxes. The Shurgard Basis Differential is being amortized as a reduction to equity in earnings of the Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities. Such amortization totaled approximately $9.0 million and $7.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Shurgard is a publicly held entity trading on Euronext Brussels under the symbol “SHUR”.

5.Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	At September 30, 2022						At December 31, 2021
	Gross Book Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Book Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Goodwill	$	165,843	$	—	$	165,843	$	165,843	$	—	$	165,843
Shurgard® Trade Name	18,824		—		18,824		18,824		—		18,824
Finite-lived intangible assets, subject to amortization	196,617		(141,473)		55,144		198,180		(79,953)		118,227
Total goodwill and other intangible assets	$	381,284	$	(141,473)	$	239,811	$	382,847	$	(79,953)	$	302,894

Finite-lived intangible assets consist primarily of acquired customers in place. Amortization expense related to intangible assets subject to amortization was $20.0 million and $78.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and $23.3 million and $49.0 million for the same periods in 2021. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, intangibles increased $15.1 million in connection with the acquisition of real estate facilities. (Note 3).

The estimated future amortization expense for our finite-lived intangible assets at September 30, 2022 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Year	Amount
Remainder of 2022	$	15,830
2023	30,074
Thereafter	9,240
Total	$	55,144

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September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

6.Credit Facility

We have a revolving credit agreement (the “Credit Facility”) with a $500 million borrowing limit that matures on April 19, 2024. Amounts drawn on the Credit Facility bear annual interest at rates ranging from LIBOR plus 0.7% to LIBOR plus 1.350% depending upon the ratio of our Total Indebtedness to Gross Asset Value (as defined in the Credit Facility) (LIBOR plus 0.75% at September 30, 2022). We are also required to pay a quarterly facility fee ranging from 0.07% per annum to 0.25% per annum depending upon the ratio of our Total Indebtedness to our Gross Asset Value (0.10% per annum at September 30, 2022). At September 30, 2022 and November 1, 2022, we had no outstanding borrowings under this Credit Facility. We had undrawn standby letters of credit, which reduce our borrowing capacity, totaling $18.6 million at September 30, 2022 ($21.2 million at December 31, 2021). The Credit Facility has various customary restrictive covenants, with which we were in compliance at September 30, 2022.

7.Notes Payable

Our notes payable are reflected net of issuance costs (including original issue discounts), which are amortized as interest expense on the effective interest method over the term of each respective note. Our notes payable at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are set forth in the tables below:

			Amounts at September 30, 2022
	Coupon Rate	Effective Rate	Principal		Unamortized Costs		Book  Value		Fair  Value
			($ amounts in thousands)
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 23, 2024	SOFR+0.47%	1.766%	$	700,000	$	(1,101)	$	698,899	$	685,550
Notes due February 15, 2026	0.875%	1.030%	500,000		(2,507)		497,493		436,666
Notes due November 9, 2026	1.500%	1.640%	650,000		(3,574)		646,426		573,097
Notes due September 15, 2027	3.094%	3.218%	500,000		(2,624)		497,376		459,630
Notes due May 1, 2028	1.850%	1.962%	650,000		(3,768)		646,232		543,338
Notes due November 9, 2028	1.950%	2.044%	550,000		(2,939)		547,061		459,260
Notes due May 1, 2029	3.385%	3.459%	500,000		(2,024)		497,976		450,179
Notes due May 1, 2031	2.300%	2.419%	650,000		(5,869)		644,131		517,641
Notes due November 9, 2031	2.250%	2.322%	550,000		(3,224)		546,776		430,706
			5,250,000		(27,630)		5,222,370		4,556,067
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 12, 2024	1.540%	1.540%	97,984		—		97,984		94,290
Notes due November 3, 2025	2.175%	2.175%	237,135		—		237,135		227,663
Notes due September 9, 2030	0.500%	0.640%	685,890		(8,890)		677,000		513,593
Notes due January 24, 2032	0.875%	0.978%	489,921		(4,992)		484,929		354,996
			1,510,930		(13,882)		1,497,048		1,190,542
Mortgage Debt, secured by 10 real estate facilities with a net book value of $57.5 million	3.811%	3.811%	21,033		—		21,033		20,703
			$	6,781,963	$	(41,512)	$	6,740,451	$	5,767,312

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

	Amounts at
	December 31, 2021
	Book Value		Fair Value
	($ amounts in thousands)
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due September 15, 2022	$	499,637	$	506,362
Notes due April 23, 2024	698,372		700,314
Notes due February 15, 2026	496,939		488,141
Notes due November 9, 2026	645,773		649,996
Notes due September 15, 2027	496,980		535,206
Notes due May 1, 2028	645,724		649,221
Notes due November 9, 2028	546,701		548,241
Notes due May 1, 2029	497,743		545,580
Notes due May 1, 2031	643,617		656,546
Notes due November 9, 2031	546,512		551,932
	5,717,998		5,831,539
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 12, 2024	113,431		117,526
Notes due November 3, 2025	274,518		295,256
Notes due September 9, 2030	784,287		769,561
Notes due January 24, 2032	561,761		551,842
	1,733,997		1,734,185
Mortgage Debt	23,284		24,208
	$	7,475,279	$	7,589,932

U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Notes

On August 15, 2022, the Company redeemed its 2.370% Senior Notes due September 15, 2022, with an aggregate principal amount of $500.0 million.

The U.S. Dollar denominated unsecured notes (the “U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Notes”) have various financial covenants, with which we were in compliance at September 30, 2022. Included in these covenants are (a) a maximum Debt to Total Assets of 65% (approximately 14% at September 30, 2022) and (b) a minimum ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Interest Expense of 1.5x (approximately 25x for the twelve months ended September 30, 2022) as well as covenants limiting the amount we can encumber our properties with mortgage debt.

Euro Denominated Unsecured Notes

Our Euro denominated unsecured notes (the “Euro Notes”) consist of four tranches: (i) €242.0 million issued to institutional investors on November 3, 2015, (ii) €100.0 million issued to institutional investors on April 12, 2016, (iii) €500.0 million issued in a public offering on January 24, 2020, and (iv) €700.0 million issued in a public offering on September 9, 2021. The Euro Notes have financial covenants similar to those of the U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Notes.

We reflect changes in the U.S. Dollar equivalent of the amount payable including the associated interest, as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates as “Foreign currency exchange gain” on our income statement (gains of $100.9 million and $239.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to gains of $40.9 million and $73.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively).

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

Mortgage Notes

We assumed our non-recourse mortgage debt in connection with property acquisitions, and we recorded such debt at fair value with any premium or discount to the stated note balance amortized using the effective interest method.

At September 30, 2022, the related contractual interest rates of our mortgage notes are fixed, ranging between 3.2% and 7.1%, and mature between February 1, 2023 and July 1, 2030.

At September 30, 2022, approximate principal maturities of our Notes Payable are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Unsecured Debt		Mortgage Debt		Total
Remainder of 2022	$	—	$	212	$	212
2023	—		19,219		19,219
2024	797,984		124		798,108
2025	237,135		131		237,266
2026	1,150,000		138		1,150,138
Thereafter	4,575,811		1,209		4,577,020
	$	6,760,930	$	21,033	$	6,781,963
Weighted average effective rate	1.9%		3.8%		1.9%

Cash paid for interest totaled $87.6 million and $49.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Interest capitalized as real estate totaled $4.2 million and $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

8.Noncontrolling Interests

There are noncontrolling interests related to several subsidiaries we consolidate of which we do not own 100% of the equity. At September 30, 2022, certain of these subsidiaries have issued 499,966 partnership units to third-parties that are convertible on a one-for-one basis (subject to certain limitations) into common shares of the Company at the option of the unitholder. These include a total of 54,137 partnership units of $19.9 million issued to third-parties in connection with our acquisition of self-storage properties in the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

At March 31, 2022, there were 254,833 partnership units of $83.8 million classified as redeemable noncontrolling interests outside of total equity in our consolidated balance sheets, because the unitholders of these partnership units had the right to require redemption of their partnership units in cash if common shares of the Company were not publicly listed. In the second quarter of 2022, the related partnership agreements were amended with such cash redemption feature removed from these partnership units. We therefore reclassified $83.8 million from redeemable noncontrolling interests to noncontrolling interests in total equity during the three months ended June 30, 2022.

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September 30, 2022

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9.Shareholders’ Equity

Preferred Shares

At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had the following series of Cumulative Preferred Shares (“Preferred Shares”) outstanding:

				At September 30, 2022			At December 31, 2021
Series	Earliest Redemption Date	Dividend Rate		Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference		Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference
				(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Series F	6/2/2022	5.150	%	11,200	$	280,000	11,200	$	280,000
Series G	8/9/2022	5.050	%	12,000	300,000		12,000	300,000
Series H	3/11/2024	5.600	%	11,400	285,000		11,400	285,000
Series I	9/12/2024	4.875	%	12,650	316,250		12,650	316,250
Series J	11/15/2024	4.700	%	10,350	258,750		10,350	258,750
Series K	12/20/2024	4.750	%	9,200	230,000		9,200	230,000
Series L	6/17/2025	4.625	%	22,600	565,000		22,600	565,000
Series M	8/14/2025	4.125	%	9,200	230,000		9,200	230,000
Series N	10/6/2025	3.875	%	11,300	282,500		11,300	282,500
Series O	11/17/2025	3.900	%	6,800	170,000		6,800	170,000
Series P	6/16/2026	4.000	%	24,150	603,750		24,150	603,750
Series Q	8/17/2026	3.950	%	5,750	143,750		5,750	143,750
Series R	11/19/2026	4.000	%	17,400	435,000		17,400	435,000
Series S	1/13/2027	4.100	%	10,000	250,000		—	—
Total Preferred Shares				174,000	$	4,350,000	164,000	$	4,100,000

The holders of our Preferred Shares have general preference rights with respect to liquidation, quarterly distributions, and any accumulated unpaid distributions. Except as noted below, holders of the Preferred Shares do not have voting rights. In the event of a cumulative arrearage equal to six quarterly dividends, holders of all outstanding series of preferred shares (voting as a single class without regard to series) will have the right to elect two additional members to serve on our Board of Trustees (our “Board”) until the arrearage has been cured. At September 30, 2022, there were no dividends in arrears. The affirmative vote of at least 66.67% of the outstanding shares of a series of Preferred Shares is required for any material and adverse amendment to the terms of such series. The affirmative vote of at least 66.67% of the outstanding shares of all of our Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, is required to issue shares ranking senior to our Preferred Shares.

Except under certain conditions relating to the Company’s qualification as a REIT, the Preferred Shares are not redeemable prior to the dates indicated on the table above. On or after the respective dates, each of the series of Preferred Shares is redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, at $25.00 per depositary share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends. Holders of the Preferred Shares cannot require us to redeem such shares.

Upon issuance of our Preferred Shares, we classify the liquidation value as preferred equity on our consolidated balance sheet with any issuance costs recorded as a reduction to Paid-in capital.

On January 13, 2022, we issued 10.0 million depositary shares, each representing 0.001 of a share of our 4.100% Series S Preferred Shares, at an issuance price of $25.00 per depositary share, for a total of $250.0 million in gross proceeds, and we incurred $7.2 million in issuance costs.

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September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

Dividends

Common share dividends paid, including amounts paid to our restricted share unitholders, totaled $2.7 billion ($15.15 per share) and $351.2 million ($2.00 per share) for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $3.4 billion ($19.15 per share) and $1.05 billion ($6.00 per share) for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Included in common share dividends paid for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 is $2.3 billion of a special cash dividend (“Special Dividend”) of $13.15 per common share paid on August 4, 2022 in connection with the sale of our equity investment in PSB on July 20, 2022. Preferred share dividends paid totaled $48.7 million and $46.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $145.7 million and $138.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

10.Related Party Transactions

At September 30, 2022, Tamara Hughes Gustavson, a current member of our Board, held less than a 0.1% equity interest in, and is a manager of, a limited liability company that owns 65 self-storage facilities in Canada. Two of Ms. Gustavson’s adult children owned the remaining equity interest in the limited liability company. These facilities operate under the Public Storage® tradename, which we license to the owners of these facilities for use in Canada on a royalty-free, non-exclusive basis. We have no ownership interest in these facilities and we do not own or operate any facilities in Canada. If we chose to acquire or develop our own facilities in Canada, we would have to share the use of the Public Storage® name in Canada. We have a right of first refusal, subject to limitations, to acquire the stock or assets of the corporation engaged in the operation of these facilities if their owners agree to sell them. Our subsidiaries reinsure risks relating to loss of goods stored by customers in these facilities, and have received premium payments of approximately $1.7 million and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

On July 8, 2022, we acquired from PSB the commercial interests in five properties at three sites jointly occupied with certain of our self-storage facilities located in Maryland and Virginia, for $47.3 million. We recognized $27.0 million of real estate assets and $0.7 million of intangibles for the properties acquired, representing the cost of these commercial properties that we did not have interest in through our equity investment in PSB. We recognized the remaining $19.6 million as an increase in our basis in our equity investment in PSB, which represents the elimination of our portion of the gain recorded by PSB.

11.Share-Based Compensation

Under various share-based compensation plans and under terms established or modified by our Board or a committee thereof, we grant equity awards to trustees, officers, and key employees, including non-qualified options to purchase the Company’s common shares, restricted share units (“RSUs”), deferred stock units (“DSUs”), and unrestricted common stock issued in lieu of trustee compensation.

We recorded share-based compensation expense associated with our equity awards in the various expense categories in the Consolidated Statements of Income as set forth in the following table. In addition, $0.4 million and $2.4 million share-based compensation cost was capitalized as real estate facilities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to $0.8 million and $3.1 million for the same periods of 2021, respectively.

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(Amounts in thousands)
Self-storage cost of operations	$	4,203	$	4,506	$	13,740	$	16,272
Ancillary cost of operations	203		342		690		1,122
General and administrative	9,335		9,747		30,167		30,291
Total	$	13,741	$	14,595	$	44,597	$	47,685

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September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

Included in share-based compensation is $2.9 million and $12.4 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to $4.8 million and $15.8 million for the same periods in 2021, of retirement acceleration as discussed in Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

As of September 30, 2022, there was $96.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based compensation arrangements. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of three years.

Stock Options

We have service-based, performance-based and market-based stock options outstanding, which generally vest over 3 to 5 years, expire 10 years after the grant date, and have an exercise price equal to the closing trading price of our common shares on the grant date. New shares are issued for options exercised. Employees cannot require the Company to settle their award in cash.

On August 4, 2022, we paid a Special Dividend of $13.15 per common share to shareholders of record as of August 1, 2022. Stock options that were outstanding at the time of the Special Dividend were adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Company’s equity and performance-based incentive compensation plans that provide for equitable adjustments in the event of an extraordinary cash dividend. The anti-dilution adjustments proportionately increased the number of outstanding stock options and reduced the exercise prices of outstanding stock options by a conversion rate of 1.03275, resulting in an increase of 104,348 stock options outstanding. The adjustments did not result in incremental share-based compensation expense.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, 142,683 stock options were granted, 146,608 options were exercised, and no options were forfeited. In addition, we expect an incremental 61,250 stock options to be issued based on the estimated achievement of performance targets on our multi-year performance-based stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. A total of 3,201,624 stock options were outstanding at September 30, 2022 (3,039,951 at December 31, 2021).

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we granted 65,000 stock options in connection with non-management trustee compensation. For the remaining 77,683 stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, vesting is dependent upon meeting certain market conditions over the three-year period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024, with continued service-based vesting through the first quarter of 2027. These stock options require relative achievement of the Company’s total shareholder return as compared to the weighted average total shareholder return of specified peer groups and can result in grantees earning up to 200% of the target options originally granted.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we incurred share-based compensation cost for outstanding stock options of $4.2 million and $15.8 million, respectively, as compared to $5.5 million and $20.5 million for the same periods in 2021.

Restricted Share Units

We have service-based, performance-based and market-based RSUs outstanding, which generally vest over 5 to 8 years from the grant date. Upon vesting, the grantee receives new common shares equal to the number of vested RSUs, less common shares withheld to satisfy the grantee’s statutory tax liabilities arising from the vesting. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, 27,943 RSUs were granted, 18,487 RSUs were forfeited and 76,818 RSUs vested. The vesting resulted in the issuance of 55,079 common shares. A total of 503,460 RSUs were outstanding at September 30, 2022 (570,822 at December 31, 2021).

Included in the RSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are 21,985 RSUs where vesting is dependent upon meeting certain market conditions over a three-year period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024, with continued service-based vesting through the first quarter of 2027. The amount of these RSUs that are earned and vested, if any, will be based, in addition to continued employment requirements, on the Company's

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relative total shareholder return over the three-year period as compared to the weighted average total shareholder return of the specified peer groups and can result in grantees earning up to 200% of the target RSUs originally granted.

Also included in the RSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are 5,958 service-based RSUs.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we incurred share-based compensation cost for RSUs of $9.7 million and $30.6 million, respectively, as compared to $9.6 million and $29.4 million for the same periods in 2021.

Trustee Deferral Program

Non-management trustees may elect to receive all or a portion of their cash retainers in cash, shares of unrestricted common stock, or fully-vested DSUs to be settled at a specified future date. Shares of unrestricted stock and/or DSUs will be granted to the non-management trustee on the last day of each calendar quarter based on the cash retainer earned for that quarter and converted into a number of shares or units based on the applicable closing price of our common shares on such date. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we granted 1,742 DSUs and 310 shares of unrestricted common stock.

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12. Net Income per Common Share

We allocate net income to (i) noncontrolling interests based upon their contractual rights in the respective subsidiaries or for participating noncontrolling interests based upon their participation in both distributed and undistributed earnings of the Company, (ii) preferred shareholders, for distributions paid or payable, (iii) preferred shareholders, to the extent redemption cost exceeds the related original net issuance proceeds (an “preferred share redemption charge”), and (iv) RSUs, for non-forfeitable dividends paid and adjusted for participation rights in undistributed earnings of the Company.

We calculate basic and diluted net income per common share based upon net income allocable to common shareholders, divided by (i) weighted average common shares for basic net income per common share, and (ii) weighted average common shares adjusted for the impact of dilutive stock options outstanding for diluted net income per common share. Potentially dilutive stock options representing 147,344 shares of common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, because their effect would have been antidilutive.

The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted net income per common shares computation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Numerator for basic and dilutive net income per common share – net income allocable to common shareholders	$	2,712,161	$	442,327	$	3,779,666	$	1,174,386
Denominator for basic net income per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	175,283		174,926		175,227		174,787
Net effect of dilutive stock options - based on treasury stock method	1,045		880		1,098		611
Denominator for dilutive net income per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	176,328		175,806		176,325		175,398
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	15.47	$	2.53	$	21.57	$	6.72
Dilutive	$	15.38	$	2.52	$	21.44	$	6.70

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13.Segment Information

Our operating segments reflect the significant components of our operations where discrete financial information is evaluated separately by our chief operating decision maker.

Self-Storage Operations

The Self-Storage Operations reportable segment reflects the aggregated rental operations from the self-storage facilities we own from (i) Same Store Facilities, (ii) Acquired Facilities, (iii) Developed and Expanded Facilities, and (iv) Other Non-Same Store Facilities. The presentation in the table below sets forth the Net Operating Income (“NOI”) of this reportable segment, as well as the related depreciation expense. For all periods presented, substantially all of our real estate facilities, goodwill and other intangible assets, other assets, and accrued and other liabilities are associated with the Self-Storage Operations reportable segment.

Ancillary Operations

The Ancillary Operations reflects the combined operations of our tenant reinsurance, merchandise sales, and third party property management operating segments.

Presentation of Segment Information

The following table reconciles NOI and net income attributable to our reportable segment to our consolidated net income:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(amounts in thousands)
Self-Storage Operations Reportable Segment
Revenue	$	1,027,374	$	840,510	$	2,917,675	$	2,333,850
Cost of operations	(255,470)		(216,999)		(738,953)		(631,699)
Net operating income	771,904		623,511		2,178,722		1,702,151
Depreciation and amortization	(220,772)		(188,552)		(661,608)		(508,139)
Net income	551,132		434,959		1,517,114		1,194,012
Ancillary Operations
Revenue	60,757		54,421		175,946		157,658
Cost of operations	(21,572)		(19,735)		(54,297)		(52,044)
Net operating income	39,185		34,686		121,649		105,614
Total net income allocated to segments	590,317		469,645		1,638,763		1,299,626
Other items not allocated to segments:
General and administrative	(29,501)		(31,682)		(81,401)		(78,996)
Interest and other income	12,736		3,356		26,394		9,321
Interest expense	(34,113)		(23,736)		(100,178)		(60,980)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	8,180		32,860		100,129		81,382
Foreign currency exchange gain	100,170		40,906		237,270		73,584
Gain on sale of real estate	1,503		279		1,503		13,683
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,128,860		—		2,128,860		—
Net income	$	2,778,152	$	491,628	$	3,951,340	$	1,337,620

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14. Commitments and Contingencies

Contingent Losses

We are a party to various legal proceedings and subject to various claims and complaints; however, we believe that the likelihood of these contingencies resulting in a material loss to the Company, either individually or in the aggregate, is remote.

Insurance and Loss Exposure

We carry property, earthquake, general liability, employee medical insurance, and workers compensation coverage through internationally recognized insurance carriers, subject to deductibles. Our deductible for general liability is $2.0 million per occurrence. Our annual deductible for property loss is $25.0 million per occurrence. This deductible decreases to $5.0 million once we reach $35.0 million in aggregate losses for occurrences that exceed $5.0 million. Insurance carriers’ aggregate limits on these policies of $75.0 million for property losses and $102.0 million for general liability losses are higher than estimates of maximum probable losses that could occur from individual catastrophic events determined in recent engineering and actuarial studies; however, in case of multiple catastrophic events, these limits could be exceeded.

We reinsure a program that provides insurance to our customers from an independent third-party insurer. This program covers customer claims for losses to goods stored at our facilities as a result of specific named perils (earthquakes are not covered by this program), up to a maximum limit of $5,000 per storage unit. We reinsure all risks in this program, but purchase insurance to cover this exposure for a limit of $15.0 million for losses in excess of $5.0 million per occurrence. We are subject to licensing requirements and regulations in all states. Customers participate in the program at their option. At September 30, 2022, there were approximately 1.2 million certificates held by our self-storage customers, representing aggregate coverage of approximately $5.6 billion.

Commitments

We have construction commitments representing future expected payments for construction under contract totaling $265.7 million at September 30, 2022. We expect to pay approximately $71.4 million in the remainder of 2022, $185.8 million in 2023 and $8.5 million in 2024 for these construction commitments.

We have future contractual payments on land, equipment and office space under various lease commitments totaling $64.1 million at September 30, 2022. We expect to pay approximately $0.7 million in the remainder of 2022, $3.1 million in each of 2023 and 2024, $3.0 million in each of 2025 and 2026 and $51.2 million thereafter for these commitments.

15.    Subsequent Events

Subsequent to September 30, 2022, we acquired or were under contract to acquire 33 self-storage facilities across six states with 1.7 million net rentable square feet, for $262.6 million.

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ITEM 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements relating to our 2022 outlook and all underlying assumptions, our expected acquisition, disposition, development and redevelopment activity, supply and demand for our self-storage facilities, information relating to operating trends in our markets, expectations regarding operating expenses, including property tax changes, expectations regarding the impacts from inflation and a potential future recession, our strategic priorities, expectations with respect to financing activities, rental rates, cap rates and yields, leasing expectations, our credit ratings, and all other statements other than statements of historical fact. Such statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions made based on information currently available to management. All statements in this document, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements that may be identified by the use of the words “outlook,” “guidance,” “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “should,” “estimates,” and similar expressions.

These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause our actual results and performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors and risks that may impact future results and performance include, but are not limited to those factors and risks described in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 22, 2022 and in our other filings with the SEC. These include changes in demand for our facilities, impacts of natural disasters, adverse changes in laws and regulations including governing property tax, evictions, rental rates, minimum wage levels, and insurance, adverse economic effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, international military conflicts, or similar events impacting public health and/or economic activity, increases in the costs of our primary customer acquisition channels, adverse impacts to us and our customers from inflation, unfavorable foreign currency rate fluctuations, changes in federal or state tax laws related to the taxation of REITs, and security breaches, including ransomware, or a failure of our networks, systems or technology.

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or as of the dates indicated in the statements. All of our forward-looking statements, including those in this report, are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, new estimates, or other factors, events or circumstances after the date of these forward-looking statements, except when expressly required by law. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on any forward-looking statements in this report, or which management may make orally or in writing from time to time, neither as predictions of future events nor guarantees of future performance.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires us to make judgments, assumptions, and estimates that affect the amounts reported. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions are based on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances to determine reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, there were no material changes to our critical accounting estimates as compared to the critical accounting estimates disclosed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Overview

Our self-storage operations generate most of our net income and our earnings growth is impacted by the levels of growth within our Same Store Facilities (as defined below) as well as within our Acquired Facilities and Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities (both as defined below). Accordingly, a significant portion of management’s time is devoted to maximizing cash flows from our existing self-storage facility portfolio.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, revenues generated by our Same Store Facilities increased by 14.7% ($105.4 million) and 15.4% ($315.9 million), respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021, while Same Store cost of operations increased by 7.7% ($13.5 million) and 6.2% ($32.7 million), respectively. Demand and operating trends remained strong, leading to increases in our self-storage rental rates while maintaining high levels of occupancy.

In addition to managing our existing facilities for organic growth, we have grown and plan to continue to grow through the acquisition and development of new facilities and expansion of our existing self-storage facilities. Since the beginning of 2020, we acquired a total of 338 facilities with 30.1 million net rentable square feet for $6.4 billion. In our non-same store portfolio, we also have developed and expanded self-storage facilities of 17.3 million net rentable square feet for a total cost of $1.5 billion. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, net operating income generated by our Acquired Facilities and Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities increased 74.9% ($51.8 million) and 122.6% ($179.7 million), respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021.

We have experienced recent inflationary impacts on our cost of operations, including labor, utilities and repairs and maintenance, and costs of development and expansion activities, and we may continue to experience such impacts in the future. We have implemented various initiatives to manage the adverse impacts, such as enhancements in operational processes and investments in technology to reduce payroll hours, achievement of economies of scale from recent acquisitions with supervisory payroll allocated over a broader number of self-storage facilities, and investments in solar power and LED lights to lower utility usage.

In order to enhance the competitive position of certain of our facilities relative to local competitors (including newly developed facilities), we have embarked on our multi-year Property of Tomorrow program to (i) rebrand our properties with more pronounced, attractive, and clearly identifiable color schemes and signage, (ii) enhance the energy efficiency of our properties, and (iii) upgrade the configuration and layout of the offices and other customer zones to improve the customer experience. We expect to complete the program by the end of 2025. We expect to spend approximately $220 million over 2022 on this effort.

On April 24, 2022, PSB entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger whereby affiliates of Blackstone agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of PSB’s common stock for $187.50 per share in cash. On July 20, 2022, PSB announced that it completed the merger transaction with Blackstone. Each share of PSB common stock and each common unit of partnership interest we held in PSB were converted into the right to receive the merger consideration of $187.50 per share or unit, including a $5.25 closing cash dividend per share or unit, and a $0.22 prorated quarterly cash dividend per share or unit, for a total of $187.72 per share or unit. At the close of the merger transaction, we received a total of $2.7 billion of cash proceeds and recognized a gain of $2.1 billion, which was classified within gain on sale of our equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc. in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

In connection with the sale of our equity investment in PSB, on August 4, 2022, we paid a special cash dividend of $13.15 per common share, totaling approximately $2.3 billion, to shareholders of record as of August 1, 2022.

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Results of Operations

Operating Results for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, net income allocable to our common shareholders was $2,712.2 million or $15.38 per diluted common share, compared to $442.3 million or $2.52 per diluted common share in 2021, representing an increase of $2,269.9 million or $12.86 per diluted common share. The increase is due primarily to (i) a $2.1 billion gain on sale of our equity investment in PSB, (ii) a $148.4 million increase in self-storage net operating income, and (iii) a $59.3 million increase in foreign currency exchange gains primarily associated with our Euro denominated notes payable, partially offset by (iv) a $32.2 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense, (v) a $24.7 million decrease in equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities due to the sale of our equity investment in PSB, and (vi) a $10.4 million increase in interest expense.

The $148.4 million increase in self-storage net operating income in the three months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021 is a result of a $91.9 million increase attributable to our Same Store Facilities and a $56.5 million increase attributable to our non-same store facilities. Revenues for the Same Store Facilities increased 14.7% or $105.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021, due primarily to higher realized annual rent per occupied square foot, partially offset by decline in occupancy. Cost of operations for the Same Store Facilities increased by 7.7% or $13.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021, due primarily to increased property tax expense, marketing expense, other direct property costs, and centralized management costs. The increase in net operating income of $56.5 million for the non-same store facilities is due primarily to the impact of facilities acquired in 2021 and the fill-up of recently developed and expanded facilities.

Operating Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net income allocable to our common shareholders was $3,779.7 million or $21.44 per diluted common share, compared to $1,174.4 million or $6.70 per diluted common share in 2021, representing an increase of $2,605.3 million or $14.74 per diluted common share. The increase is due primarily to (i) a $2.1 billion gain on sale of our equity investment in PSB, (ii) a $476.6 million increase in self-storage net operating income, and (iii) a $163.7 million increase in foreign currency exchange gains primarily associated with our Euro denominated notes payable, partially offset by (iv) a $153.5 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense, and (v) a $39.2 million increase in interest expense.

The $476.6 million increase in self-storage net operating income in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021 is a result of a $283.2 million increase attributable to our Same Store Facilities and a $193.4 million increase attributable to our non-same store facilities. Revenues for the Same Store Facilities increased 15.4% or $315.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021, due primarily to higher realized annual rent per occupied square foot, partially offset by decline in occupancy. Cost of operations for the Same Store Facilities increased by 6.2% or $32.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021, due primarily to increased property tax expense, on-site property manager payroll expense, other direct property costs, and centralized management costs. The increase in net operating income of $193.4 million for the non-same store facilities is due primarily to the impact of facilities acquired in 2021 and the fill-up of recently developed and expanded facilities.

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Funds from Operations and Core Funds from Operations

Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and FFO per share are non-GAAP measures defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and are considered helpful measures of REIT performance by REITs and many REIT analysts. FFO represents net income before depreciation and amortization, which is excluded because it is based upon historical costs and assumes that building values diminish ratably over time, while we believe that real estate values fluctuate due to market conditions. FFO also excludes gains or losses on sale of real estate assets and real estate impairment charges, which are also based upon historical costs and are impacted by historical depreciation. FFO and FFO per share are not a substitute for net income or earnings per share. FFO is not a substitute for net cash flow in evaluating our liquidity or ability to pay dividends, because it excludes investing and financing activities presented on our consolidated statements of cash flows. In addition, other REITs may compute these measures differently, so comparisons among REITs may not be helpful.

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, FFO was $4.66 per diluted common share as compared to $3.61 per diluted common share for the same period in 2021, representing an increase of 29.1%, or $1.05 per diluted common share.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, FFO was $13.08 per diluted common share as compared to $9.69 per diluted common share for the same period in 2021, representing an increase of 35.0%, or $3.39 per diluted common share.

We also present “Core FFO” and “Core FFO per share” non-GAAP measures that represent FFO and FFO per share excluding the impact of (i) foreign currency exchange gains and losses, (ii) charges related to the redemption of preferred securities, and (iii) certain other non-cash and/or nonrecurring income or expense items primarily representing, with respect to the periods presented below, the impact of loss contingency accruals and casualties, unrealized gain on private equity investments and our equity share of merger transaction costs, severance of a senior executive, and casualties from our equity investees. We review Core FFO and Core FFO per share to evaluate our ongoing operating performance and we believe they are used by investors and REIT analysts in a similar manner. However, Core FFO and Core FFO per share are not substitutes for net income and net income per share. Because other REITs may not compute Core FFO or Core FFO per share in the same manner as we do, may not use the same terminology or may not present such measures, Core FFO and Core FFO per share may not be comparable among REITs.

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The following table reconciles net income to FFO and Core FFO and reconciles diluted earnings per share to FFO per share and Core FFO per share:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Percentage Change		2022		2021		Percentage Change
	(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation of Net Income to FFO and Core FFO:
Net income allocable to common shareholders	$	2,712,161	$	442,327	513.2	%	$	3,779,666	$	1,174,386	221.8	%
Eliminate items excluded from FFO:
Depreciation and amortization	218,963		187,611				657,131		505,218
Depreciation from unconsolidated real estate investments	10,599		19,209				44,985		54,485
Depreciation allocated to noncontrolling interests and restricted share unitholders	(1,843)		(1,318)				(4,841)		(3,413)
Gains on sale of real estate investments, including our equity share from investments	(1,219)		(12,572)				(54,403)		(31,156)
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	$	(2,116,839)	$	—			$	(2,116,839)	$	—
FFO allocable to common shares	$	821,822	$	635,257	29.4	%	$	2,305,699	$	1,699,520	35.7	%
Eliminate the impact of items excluded from Core FFO, including our equity share from investments:
Foreign currency exchange gain	(100,170)		(40,906)				(237,270)		(73,584)
Preferred share redemption charge	—		—				—		16,989
Property losses and tenant claims due to casualties (a)	6,118		4,909				6,118		4,909
Other items	(344)		2,000				422		(543)
Core FFO allocable to common shares	$	727,426	$	601,260	21.0	%	$	2,074,969	$	1,647,291	26.0	%
Reconciliation of Diluted Earnings per Share to FFO per Share and Core FFO per Share:
Diluted Earnings per share	$	15.38	$	2.52	510.3	%	$	21.44	$	6.70	220.0	%
Eliminate amounts per share excluded from FFO:
Depreciation and amortization	1.29		1.17				3.95		3.17
Gains on sale of real estate investments, including our equity share from investments	(0.01)		(0.08)				(0.31)		(0.18)
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	(12.00)		—				(12.00)		—
FFO per share	$	4.66	$	3.61	29.1	%	$	13.08	$	9.69	35.0	%
Eliminate the per share impact of items excluded from Core FFO, including our equity share from investments:
Foreign currency exchange gain	(0.57)		(0.23)				(1.35)		(0.42)
Preferred share redemption charge	—		—				—		0.10
Property losses and tenant claims due to casualties (a)	0.04		0.03				0.04		0.03
Other items	—		0.01				—		(0.01)
Core FFO per share	$	4.13	$	3.42	20.8	%	$	11.77	$	9.39	25.3	%
Diluted weighted average common shares	176,328		175,806				176,325		175,398

(a)Property losses and tenant claims due to casualties were related to Hurricane Ian for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, and Hurricane Ida for the same periods in 2021, and were included in general and administrative expenses and ancillary cost of operations on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

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Analysis of Net Income - Self-Storage Operations

Our self-storage operations are analyzed in four groups: (i) the 2,282 facilities that we have owned and operated on a stabilized basis since January 1, 2020 (the “Same Store Facilities”), (ii) 338 facilities we acquired since January 1, 2020 (the “Acquired Facilities”), (iii) 150 facilities that have been newly developed or expanded, or that will commence expansion by December 31, 2022 (the “Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities”), and (iv) 66 other facilities, which are otherwise not stabilized with respect to occupancies or rental rates since January 1, 2020 (the “Other Non-same Store Facilities”). See Note 13 to our September 30, 2022 consolidated financial statements “Segment Information,” for a reconciliation of the amounts in the tables below to our total net income.

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Self-Storage Operations
Summary	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Percentage Change		2022		2021		Percentage Change
	(Dollar amounts and square footage in thousands)
Revenues:
Same Store Facilities	$	822,527	$	717,109	14.7	%	$	2,360,735	$	2,044,851	15.4	%
Acquired Facilities	108,989		51,007		113.7	%	290,858		94,502		207.8	%
Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities	71,362		52,806		35.1	%	197,337		140,497		40.5	%
Other Non-Same Store Facilities	24,496		19,588		25.1	%	68,745		54,000		27.3	%
	1,027,374		840,510		22.2	%	2,917,675		2,333,850		25.0	%
Cost of operations:
Same Store Facilities	189,957		176,444		7.7	%	558,217		525,516		6.2	%
Acquired Facilities	38,058		16,555		129.9	%	101,949		35,693		185.6	%
Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities	21,265		18,075		17.6	%	59,986		52,710		13.8	%
Other Non-Same Store Facilities	6,190		5,925		4.5	%	18,801		17,780		5.7	%
	255,470		216,999		17.7	%	738,953		631,699		17.0	%
Net operating income (a):
Same Store Facilities	632,570		540,665		17.0	%	1,802,518		1,519,335		18.6	%
Acquired Facilities	70,931		34,452		105.9	%	188,909		58,809		221.2	%
Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities	50,097		34,731		44.2	%	137,351		87,787		56.5	%
Other Non-Same Store Facilities	18,306		13,663		34.0	%	49,944		36,220		37.9	%
Total net operating income	771,904		623,511		23.8	%	2,178,722		1,702,151		28.0	%
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Same Store Facilities	(119,154)		(113,815)		4.7	%	(349,185)		(335,958)		3.9	%
Acquired Facilities	(74,564)		(52,090)		43.1	%	(235,284)		(102,154)		130.3	%
Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities	(15,326)		(13,668)		12.1	%	(44,730)		(42,179)		6.0	%
Other Non-Same Store Facilities	(11,728)		(8,979)		30.6	%	(32,409)		(27,848)		16.4	%
Total depreciation and amortization expense	(220,772)		(188,552)		17.1	%	(661,608)		(508,139)		30.2	%
Net income (loss):
Same Store Facilities	513,416		426,850		20.3	%	1,453,333		1,183,377		22.8	%
Acquired Facilities	(3,633)		(17,638)		(79.4)	%	(46,375)		(43,345)		7.0	%
Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities	34,771		21,063		65.1	%	92,621		45,608		103.1	%
Other Non-Same Store Facilities	6,578		4,684		40.4	%	17,535		8,372		109.4	%
Total net income	$	551,132	$	434,959	26.7	%	$	1,517,114	$	1,194,012	27.1	%
Number of facilities at period end:
Same Store Facilities							2,282		2,282		—
Acquired Facilities							338		188		79.8	%
Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities							150		142		5.6	%
Other Non-Same Store Facilities							66		66		—
							2,836		2,678		5.9	%
Net rentable square footage at period end:
Same Store Facilities							149,476		149,476		—
Acquired Facilities							30,072		15,370		95.7	%
Newly Developed and Expanded Facilities							17,320		16,239		6.7	%
Other Non-Same Store Facilities							5,310		5,292		0.3	%
							202,178		186,377		8.5	%

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(a)Net operating income or “NOI” is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the impact of depreciation and amortization expense, which is based upon historical real estate costs and assumes that building values diminish ratably over time, while we believe that real estate values fluctuate due to market conditions. We utilize NOI in determining current property values, evaluating property performance, and in evaluating property operating trends. We believe that investors and analysts utilize NOI in a similar manner. NOI is not a substitute for net income, operating cash flow, or other related financial measures, in evaluating our operating results. See Note 13 to our September 30, 2022 consolidated financial statements for a reconciliation of NOI to our total net income for all periods presented.

Same Store Facilities

The Same Store Facilities consist of facilities we have owned and operated on a stabilized level of occupancy, revenues, and cost of operations since January 1, 2020. The composition of our Same Store Facilities allows us more effectively to evaluate the ongoing performance of our self-storage portfolio in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and exclude the impact of fill-up of unstabilized facilities, which can significantly affect operating trends. We believe investors and analysts use Same Store information in a similar manner. However, because other REITs may not compute Same Store Facilities in the same manner as we do, may not use the same terminology or may not present such a measure, Same Store Facilities may not be comparable among REITs.

The following table summarizes the historical operating results of these 2,282 facilities (149.5 million net rentable square feet) that represent approximately 74% of the aggregate net rentable square feet of our U.S. consolidated self-storage portfolio at September 30, 2022. It includes various measures and detail that we do not include in the analysis of the developed, acquired, and other non-same store facilities, due to the relative magnitude and importance of the Same Store Facilities relative to our other self-storage facilities.

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Selected Operating Data for the Same Store Facilities (2,282 facilities)

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Percentage Change	2022		2021		Percentage Change
	(Dollar amounts in thousands, except for per square foot data)
Revenues (a):
Rental income	$	795,700	$	695,556	14.4%	$	2,286,214	$	1,984,053	15.2%
Late charges and administrative fees	26,827		21,553		24.5%	74,521		60,798		22.6%
Total revenues	822,527		717,109		14.7%	2,360,735		2,044,851		15.4%
Direct cost of operations (a):
Property taxes	72,716		70,021		3.8%	213,947		204,287		4.7%
On-site property manager payroll	29,538		28,189		4.8%	89,769		82,583		8.7%
Repairs and maintenance	14,605		13,121		11.3%	43,350		39,249		10.4%
Utilities	12,020		11,133		8.0%	33,609		31,308		7.3%
Marketing	12,492		9,180		36.1%	32,380		30,653		5.6%
Other direct property costs	20,890		18,894		10.6%	61,209		55,569		10.1%
Total direct cost of operations	162,261		150,538		7.8%	474,264		443,649		6.9%
Direct net operating income (b)	660,266		566,571		16.5%	1,886,471		1,601,202		17.8%
Indirect cost of operations (a):
Supervisory payroll	(8,329)		(8,362)		(0.4)%	(26,635)		(27,906)		(4.6)%
Centralized management costs	(16,058)		(13,808)		16.3%	(46,382)		(40,136)		15.6%
Share-based compensation	(3,309)		(3,736)		(11.4)%	(10,936)		(13,825)		(20.9)%
Net operating income	632,570		540,665		17.0%	1,802,518		1,519,335		18.6%
Depreciation and amortization expense	(119,154)		(113,815)		4.7%	(349,185)		(335,958)		3.9%
Net income	$	513,416	$	426,850	20.3%	$	1,453,333	$	1,183,377	22.8%
Gross margin (before indirect costs, depreciation and amortization expense)	80.3%		79.0%		1.6%	79.9%		78.3%		2.0%
Gross margin (before depreciation and amortization expense)	76.9%		75.4%		2.0%	76.4%		74.3%		2.8%
Weighted average for the period:
Square foot occupancy	94.5%		96.8%		(2.4)%	95.3%		96.5%		(1.2)%
Realized annual rental income per (c):
Occupied square foot	$	22.52	$	19.22	17.2%	$	21.39	$	18.34	16.6%
Available square foot	$	21.28	$	18.60	14.4%	$	20.39	$	17.69	15.3%
At September 30:
Square foot occupancy						93.3%		95.7%		(2.5)%
Annual contract rent per occupied square foot (d)						$	22.94	$	19.49	17.7%

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(a)Revenues and cost of operations do not include tenant reinsurance and merchandise sale revenues and expenses generated at the facilities. See “Ancillary Operations” below for more information.

(b)Direct net operating income (“Direct NOI”), a subtotal within NOI, is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the impact of supervisory payroll, centralized management costs and share-based compensation in addition to depreciation and amortization expense. We utilize direct net operating income in evaluating property performance and in evaluating property operating trends as compared to our competitors.

(c)Realized annual rent per occupied square foot is computed by dividing rental income, before late charges and administrative fees, by the weighted average occupied square feet for the period. Realized annual rent per available square foot (“REVPAF”) is computed by dividing rental income, before late charges and administrative fees, by the total available net rentable square feet for the period. These measures exclude late charges and administrative fees in order to provide a better measure of our ongoing level of revenue. Late charges are dependent upon the level of delinquency and administrative fees are dependent upon the level of move-ins. In addition, the rates charged for late charges and administrative fees can vary independently from rental rates. These measures take into consideration promotional discounts, which reduce rental income.

(d)Annual contract rent represents the agreed upon monthly rate that is paid by our tenants in place at the time of measurement. Contract rates are initially set in the lease agreement upon move-in and we adjust them from time to time with notice. Contract rent excludes other fees that are charged on a per-item basis, such as late charges and administrative fees, does not reflect the impact of promotional discounts, and does not reflect the impact of rents that are written off as uncollectible.

Analysis of Same Store Revenue

We believe a balanced occupancy and rate strategy maximizes our revenues over time. We regularly adjust rental rates and promotional discounts offered (generally, “$1.00 rent for the first month”), as well as our marketing efforts to maximize revenue from new tenants to replace tenants that vacate.

We typically increase rental rates to our long-term tenants (generally, those who have been with us for at least a year) every six to twelve months. As a result, the number of long-term tenants we have in our facilities is an important factor in our revenue growth. The level of rate increases to long-term tenants is based upon evaluating the additional revenue from the increase against the negative impact of incremental move-outs, by considering the customer’s in-place rent and prevailing market rents, among other factors.

Revenues generated by our Same Store Facilities increased 14.7% and 15.4% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, in each case as compared to the same period in 2021, due primarily to a 17.2% and 16.6% increase in realized annual rent per occupied square foot for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021.

Our growth in revenues, realized annual rent per occupied square foot, and REVPAF for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same periods in 2021 was evident in each of our markets. Our weighted average square foot occupancy remained strong across our markets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

The increase of realized annual rent per occupied square foot in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same periods in 2021 was due to rate increases to existing long-term tenants in substantially all of our markets in 2022 as compared to curtailed increases in certain markets in 2021, combined with a 2.8% and 10.0% increase in average rates per square foot charged to new tenants moving in during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same periods in 2021, as a result of strong customer demand in most of our markets. These improvements were partially offset by increases in move-out activity and promotional discounts given during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same periods in 2021. At September 30, 2022, annual contract rent per occupied square foot was 17.7% higher as compared to September 30, 2021.

We experienced high occupancy levels throughout the first nine months of 2022, although our average square foot occupancy levels decreased 2.4% and 1.2% on a year over year basis during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. Year over year move-out volumes increased 12.3% and 9.0% and year over year move-in volumes increased 9.1% and 2.2% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, leading to a lower square foot occupancy at September 30, 2022 of 93.3% as compared to 95.7% at September 30, 2021. In addition, during the quarter ended September 30, 2022, move-out volumes exceeded move-in volumes resulting in lower occupancy at September 30, 2022 compared to June 30, 2022.

Move-out volumes were partially impacted by rental rates increases to our existing tenants in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same periods in 2021. However, move-out activity from tenants not

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receiving increases was also higher in 2022 compared to the same periods in 2021 but remains below pre-2020 levels. Average length of stay of our tenants increased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same periods in 2021, which supports our revenue growth by contributing to the number of tenants eligible for rental rate increases.

In order to attract more new tenants to replace those that vacated in the quarter ended September 30, 2022, we took a number of actions including increasing promotional discounting, moderating the year over year growth of rental rates to new customers and increasing marketing expense.

Demand historically has been higher in the summer months than in the winter months and, as a result, rental rates charged to new tenants have typically been higher in the summer months than in the winter months. Demand fluctuates due to various local and regional factors, including the overall economy. Demand into our system is also impacted by new supply of self-storage space as well as alternatives to self-storage.

We expect continued revenue growth during the remainder of 2022 supported by consistently high customer demand and a stable tenant base leading to increasing realized annual rent per occupied square foot while maintaining a high level of occupancy.

Late Charges and Administrative Fees

Late charges and administrative fees increased 24.5% and 22.6% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021, due to (i) higher late charges collected on delinquent accounts driven by more delinquent accounts compared to the same periods in 2021 and to a lesser extent (ii) higher administrative fees charged per move-in combined with higher move-in volumes.

Selected Key Statistical Data

The following table sets forth average annual contract rent per square foot and total square footage for tenants moving in and moving out during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. It also includes promotional discounts, which vary based upon the move-in contractual rates, move-in volume, and percentage of tenants moving in who receive the discount.

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Change	2022		2021		Change
	(Amounts in thousands, except for per square foot amounts)
Tenants moving in during the period:
Average annual contract rent per square foot	$	18.97	$	18.45	2.8%	$	18.58	$	16.89	10.0%
Square footage	25,784		23,623		9.1%	73,067		71,473		2.2%
Contract rents gained from move-ins	$	122,281	$	108,961	12.2%	$	1,018,189	$	905,384	12.5%
Promotional discounts given	$	12,625	$	5,941	112.5%	$	31,629	$	30,253	4.5%
Tenants moving out during the period:
Average annual contract rent per square foot	$	21.41	$	18.19	17.7%	$	20.42	$	17.15	19.1%
Square footage	27,991		24,936		12.3%	75,235		69,021		9.0%
Contract rents lost from move-outs	$	149,822	$	113,396	32.1%	$	1,152,224	$	887,783	29.8%

Analysis of Same Store Cost of Operations

Cost of operations (excluding depreciation and amortization) increased 7.7% and 6.2% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021. The increase during the three-month period is due primarily to increased property tax expense, marketing expense, other direct property costs and centralized management costs, while the increase during the nine-month period is due primarily to increased property tax expense, on-site property manager payroll expense, other direct property costs and centralized management costs.

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Property tax expense increased 3.8% and 4.7% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021, as a result of higher recently assessed values.

On-site property manager payroll expense increased 4.8% and 8.7% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021. The increase is primarily due to wage increases effective in late 2021 in response to competitive labor conditions experienced in most geographical markets. We expect on-site property manager payroll expense to increase, to a lesser extent, in the remainder of 2022 as compared to 2021 due in part to continued competitive labor conditions.

Marketing expense includes Internet advertising and the operating costs of our telephone reservation center. Internet advertising expense, comprising keyword search fees assessed on a “per click” basis, varies based upon demand for self-storage space, the quantity of people inquiring about self-storage through online search, occupancy levels, the number and aggressiveness of bidding competitors, and other factors. These factors are volatile; accordingly, Internet advertising can increase or decrease significantly in the short-term. We increased marketing expense by 36.1% and 5.6% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021, by utilizing a higher volume of online paid search programs to attract new tenants.

Other direct property costs include administrative expenses specific to each self-storage facility, such as property loss, telephone and data communication lines, business license costs, bank charges related to processing the facilities’ cash receipts, tenant mailings, credit card fees, eviction costs, and the cost of operating each property’s rental office. These costs increased 10.6% and 10.1% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to 2021. The increase was due primarily to an increase in credit card fees as result of a long-term trend of more customers paying with credit cards rather than cash, checks, or other methods of payment with lower transaction costs.

Centralized management costs represents administrative and cash compensation expenses for shared general corporate functions to the extent their efforts are devoted to self-storage operations. Such functions include information technology support, hardware, and software, as well as centralized administration of payroll, benefits, training, facilities management, customer service, pricing and marketing, operational accounting and finance, and legal costs. Centralized management costs increased 16.3% and 15.6% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021. The increase was due primarily to an increase in technology and data team costs that support property operations. We expect increases in centralized management costs in the remainder of 2022 due to continued investment in our technology and data platforms that support our property operations.

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Analysis of Market Trends

The following tables set forth selected market trends in our Same Store Facilities:

Same Store Facilities Operating Trends by Market

	As of September 30, 2022		Three Months Ended September 30,
	Number of Facilities	Square Feet (millions)	Realized Rent per Occupied Square Foot						Average Occupancy						Realized Rent per Available Square Foot
			2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change
Los Angeles	212	15.3	$	34.03	$	27.82	22.3	%	96.5	%	98.4	%	(1.9)	%	$	32.85	$	27.37	20.0	%
San Francisco	128	7.8	32.32		28.69		12.7	%	94.9	%	97.1	%	(2.3)	%	30.69		27.85		10.2	%
New York	90	6.4	31.59		27.94		13.1	%	94.2	%	96.5	%	(2.4)	%	29.77		26.98		10.3	%
Miami	83	5.8	29.08		23.20		25.3	%	94.9	%	97.5	%	(2.7)	%	27.60		22.62		22.0	%
Seattle-Tacoma	86	5.7	26.06		22.64		15.1	%	94.2	%	96.0	%	(1.9)	%	24.54		21.72		13.0	%
Washington DC	90	5.5	26.20		23.39		12.0	%	93.4	%	95.5	%	(2.2)	%	24.47		22.33		9.6	%
Chicago	129	8.1	20.07		17.31		15.9	%	93.4	%	96.2	%	(2.9)	%	18.73		16.66		12.4	%
Dallas-Ft. Worth	106	7.0	17.92		15.31		17.0	%	94.2	%	96.2	%	(2.1)	%	16.89		14.73		14.7	%
Atlanta	101	6.6	18.03		15.06		19.7	%	93.5	%	97.1	%	(3.7)	%	16.86		14.62		15.3	%
Houston	95	6.8	16.44		14.03		17.2	%	93.2	%	94.7	%	(1.6)	%	15.33		13.29		15.3	%
Orlando-Daytona	70	4.5	18.73		15.29		22.5	%	95.6	%	96.3	%	(0.7)	%	17.91		14.72		21.7	%
Philadelphia	56	3.5	21.60		19.09		13.1	%	93.7	%	97.5	%	(3.9)	%	20.23		18.62		8.6	%
West Palm Beach	37	2.6	26.34		22.01		19.7	%	95.0	%	96.7	%	(1.8)	%	25.03		21.28		17.6	%
Tampa	51	3.4	19.60		16.12		21.6	%	94.5	%	96.7	%	(2.3)	%	18.52		15.60		18.7	%
Charlotte	50	3.8	15.62		12.94		20.7	%	95.0	%	96.7	%	(1.8)	%	14.85		12.51		18.7	%
All other markets	898	56.7	18.53		16.05		15.5	%	94.5	%	96.8	%	(2.4)	%	17.51		15.54		12.7	%
Totals	2,282	149.5	$	22.52	$	19.22	17.2	%	94.5	%	96.8	%	(2.4)	%	$	21.28	$	18.60	14.4	%

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Same Store Facilities Operating Trends by Market (Continued)

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	Revenues ($000's)						Direct Expenses ($000's)						Indirect Expenses ($000's)						Net Operating Income ($000's)
	2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change
Los Angeles	$	128,223	$	106,642	20.2	%	$	16,361	$	14,847	10.2	%	$	2,828	$	2,495	13.3	%	$	109,034	$	89,300	22.1	%
San Francisco	61,163		55,391		10.4	%	9,119		8,995		1.4	%	1,619		1,566		3.4	%	50,425		44,830		12.5	%
New York	48,976		44,463		10.2	%	11,232		10,589		6.1	%	1,295		1,304		(0.7)	%	36,449		32,570		11.9	%
Miami	41,604		34,062		22.1	%	7,467		7,568		(1.3)	%	996		962		3.5	%	33,141		25,532		29.8	%
Seattle-Tacoma	35,926		31,739		13.2	%	5,876		5,462		7.6	%	984		973		1.1	%	29,066		25,304		14.9	%
Washington DC	34,937		31,810		9.8	%	7,197		6,680		7.7	%	1,030		941		9.5	%	26,710		24,189		10.4	%
Chicago	39,521		35,024		12.8	%	14,522		13,904		4.4	%	1,450		1,396		3.9	%	23,549		19,724		19.4	%
Dallas-Ft. Worth	30,654		26,629		15.1	%	6,846		6,243		9.7	%	1,116		1,092		2.2	%	22,692		19,294		17.6	%
Atlanta	29,407		25,376		15.9	%	5,582		4,545		22.8	%	1,152		1,129		2.0	%	22,673		19,702		15.1	%
Houston	27,171		23,391		16.2	%	7,758		7,392		5.0	%	1,052		1,054		(0.2)	%	18,361		14,945		22.9	%
Orlando-Daytona	20,738		17,036		21.7	%	3,948		3,309		19.3	%	872		792		10.1	%	15,918		12,935		23.1	%
Philadelphia	18,605		17,053		9.1	%	3,924		3,728		5.3	%	671		651		3.1	%	14,010		12,674		10.5	%
West Palm Beach	17,023		14,423		18.0	%	3,615		3,138		15.2	%	478		474		0.8	%	12,930		10,811		19.6	%
Tampa	16,290		13,696		18.9	%	3,470		3,052		13.7	%	573		564		1.6	%	12,247		10,080		21.5	%
Charlotte	14,762		12,404		19.0	%	2,468		2,421		1.9	%	575		511		12.5	%	11,719		9,472		23.7	%
All other markets	257,527		227,970		13.0	%	52,876		48,665		8.7	%	11,005		10,002		10.0	%	193,646		169,303		14.4	%
Totals	$	822,527	$	717,109	14.7	%	$	162,261	$	150,538	7.8	%	$	27,696	$	25,906	6.9	%	$	632,570	$	540,665	17.0	%

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Same Store Facilities Operating Trends by Market (Continued)

	As of September 30, 2022		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	Number of Facilities	Square Feet (millions)	Realized Rent per Occupied Square Foot						Average Occupancy						Realized Rent per Available Square Foot
			2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change
Los Angeles	212	15.3	$	31.78	$	27.05	17.5	%	97.2	%	98.2	%	(1.0)	%	$	30.87	$	26.55	16.3	%
San Francisco	128	7.8	31.14		27.80		12.0	%	95.6	%	97.4	%	(1.8)	%	29.77		27.08		9.9	%
New York	90	6.4	30.17		27.08		11.4	%	95.0	%	96.5	%	(1.6)	%	28.67		26.13		9.7	%
Miami	83	5.8	27.47		21.78		26.1	%	96.1	%	97.1	%	(1.0)	%	26.41		21.14		24.9	%
Seattle-Tacoma	86	5.7	24.80		21.60		14.8	%	94.8	%	95.7	%	(0.9)	%	23.52		20.67		13.8	%
Washington DC	90	5.5	25.14		22.30		12.7	%	93.9	%	95.7	%	(1.9)	%	23.61		21.34		10.6	%
Chicago	129	8.1	18.98		16.30		16.4	%	94.4	%	96.0	%	(1.7)	%	17.91		15.64		14.5	%
Dallas-Ft. Worth	106	7.0	17.04		14.41		18.3	%	95.0	%	95.9	%	(0.9)	%	16.19		13.82		17.1	%
Atlanta	101	6.6	17.09		14.14		20.9	%	94.5	%	96.1	%	(1.7)	%	16.15		13.60		18.8	%
Houston	95	6.8	15.63		13.32		17.3	%	94.0	%	94.4	%	(0.4)	%	14.68		12.58		16.7	%
Orlando-Daytona	70	4.5	17.56		14.47		21.4	%	96.2	%	96.2	%	—	%	16.89		13.92		21.3	%
Philadelphia	56	3.5	20.67		18.21		13.5	%	95.1	%	97.4	%	(2.4)	%	19.66		17.73		10.9	%
West Palm Beach	37	2.6	24.99		20.63		21.1	%	96.2	%	96.7	%	(0.5)	%	24.05		19.95		20.6	%
Tampa	51	3.4	18.57		15.09		23.1	%	95.3	%	96.3	%	(1.0)	%	17.69		14.53		21.7	%
Charlotte	50	3.8	14.75		12.14		21.5	%	95.5	%	95.9	%	(0.4)	%	14.08		11.65		20.9	%
All other markets	898	56.7	17.70		15.22		16.3	%	95.2	%	96.4	%	(1.2)	%	16.85		14.67		14.9	%
Totals	2,282	149.5	$	21.39	$	18.34	16.6	%	95.3	%	96.5	%	(1.2)	%	$	20.39	$	17.69	15.3	%

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Same Store Facilities Operating Trends by Market (Continued)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	Revenues ($000's)						Direct Expenses ($000's)						Indirect Expenses ($000's)						Net Operating Income ($000's)
	2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change
Los Angeles	$	361,373	$	310,217	16.5	%	$	47,353	$	43,933	7.8	%	$	8,461	$	8,075	4.8	%	$	305,559	$	258,209	18.3	%
San Francisco	177,885		161,323		10.3	%	26,318		25,394		3.6	%	5,053		4,979		1.5	%	146,514		130,950		11.9	%
New York	141,802		129,251		9.7	%	34,673		31,942		8.5	%	4,001		4,076		(1.8)	%	103,128		93,233		10.6	%
Miami	119,163		95,565		24.7	%	21,123		20,431		3.4	%	3,061		3,103		(1.4)	%	94,979		72,031		31.9	%
Seattle-Tacoma	103,222		90,523		14.0	%	17,424		16,793		3.8	%	2,930		3,041		(3.7)	%	82,868		70,689		17.2	%
Washington DC	101,040		91,109		10.9	%	21,157		20,026		5.6	%	3,107		3,009		3.3	%	76,776		68,074		12.8	%
Chicago	113,152		98,584		14.8	%	43,427		38,191		13.7	%	4,473		4,330		3.3	%	65,252		56,063		16.4	%
Dallas-Ft. Worth	88,006		75,037		17.3	%	19,597		18,449		6.2	%	3,404		3,461		(1.6)	%	65,005		53,127		22.4	%
Atlanta	84,440		70,907		19.1	%	16,259		14,099		15.3	%	3,582		3,664		(2.2)	%	64,599		53,144		21.6	%
Houston	77,818		66,414		17.2	%	21,808		21,097		3.4	%	3,173		3,311		(4.2)	%	52,837		42,006		25.8	%
Orlando-Daytona	58,682		48,397		21.3	%	11,285		10,174		10.9	%	2,648		2,478		6.9	%	44,749		35,745		25.2	%
Philadelphia	54,176		48,695		11.3	%	11,941		11,455		4.2	%	2,038		2,031		0.3	%	40,197		35,209		14.2	%
West Palm Beach	49,032		40,602		20.8	%	9,921		8,783		13.0	%	1,440		1,515		(5.0)	%	37,671		30,304		24.3	%
Tampa	46,639		38,311		21.7	%	9,716		8,841		9.9	%	1,790		1,808		(1.0)	%	35,133		27,662		27.0	%
Charlotte	41,942		34,659		21.0	%	7,117		6,808		4.5	%	1,735		1,626		6.7	%	33,090		26,225		26.2	%
All other markets	742,363		645,257		15.0	%	155,145		147,233		5.4	%	33,057		31,360		5.4	%	554,161		466,664		18.7	%
Totals	$	2,360,735	$	2,044,851	15.4	%	$	474,264	$	443,649	6.9	%	$	83,953	$	81,867	2.5	%	$	1,802,518	$	1,519,335	18.6	%

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Acquired Facilities

The Acquired Facilities represent 338 facilities that we acquired in 2020, 2021, and 2022. As a result of the stabilization process and timing of when these facilities were acquired, year-over-year changes can be significant. The following table summarizes operating data with respect to the Acquired Facilities:

ACQUIRED FACILITIES	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Change (a)		2022		2021		Change (a)
	($ amounts in thousands, except for per square foot amounts)
Revenues (b):
2020 Acquisitions	$	20,118	$	15,613	$	4,505	$	55,599	$	38,451	$	17,148
2021 Acquisitions	84,008		35,394		48,614		228,183		56,051		172,132
2022 Acquisitions	4,863		—		4,863		7,076		—		7,076
Total revenues	108,989		51,007		57,982		290,858		94,502		196,356
Cost of operations (b):
2020 Acquisitions	6,780		6,113		667		19,857		18,990		867
2021 Acquisitions	28,679		10,442		18,237		77,936		16,703		61,233
2022 Acquisitions	2,599		—		2,599		4,156		—		4,156
Total cost of operations	38,058		16,555		21,503		101,949		35,693		66,256
Net operating income:
2020 Acquisitions	13,338		9,500		3,838		35,742		19,461		16,281
2021 Acquisitions	55,329		24,952		30,377		150,247		39,348		110,899
2022 Acquisitions	2,264		—		2,264		2,920		—		2,920
Net operating income	70,931		34,452		36,479		188,909		58,809		130,100
Depreciation and amortization expense	(74,564)		(52,090)		(22,474)		(235,284)		(102,154)		(133,130)
Net loss	$	(3,633)	$	(17,638)	$	14,005	$	(46,375)	$	(43,345)	$	(3,030)
At September 30:
Square foot occupancy:
2020 Acquisitions							90.8%		90.0%		0.9%
2021 Acquisitions							85.5%		87.0%		(1.7)%
2022 Acquisitions							78.8%		—		—
							85.7%		88.0%		(2.6)%
Annual contract rent per occupied square foot:
2020 Acquisitions							$	17.22	$	14.03	22.7%
2021 Acquisitions							17.72		17.57		0.9%
2022 Acquisitions							11.11		—		—
							$	17.00	$	16.38	3.8%
Number of facilities:
2020 Acquisitions							62		62		—
2021 Acquisitions							232		126		106
2022 Acquisitions							44		—		44
							338		188		150
Net rentable square feet (in thousands) (c):
2020 Acquisitions							5,075		5,075		—
2021 Acquisitions							21,830		10,295		11,535
2022 Acquisitions							3,167		—		3,167
							30,072		15,370		14,702

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ACQUIRED FACILITIES (Continued)

	As of September 30, 2022
Costs to acquire (in thousands):
2020 Acquisitions	$	796,065
2021 Acquisitions	5,115,276
2022 Acquisitions	501,892
	$	6,413,233

(a)Represents the percentage change with respect to square foot occupancy and annual contract rent per occupied square foot, and the absolute nominal change with respect to all other items.

(b)Revenues and cost of operations do not include tenant reinsurance and merchandise sale revenues and expenses generated at the facilities. See “Ancillary Operations” below for more information.

(c)The Acquired Facilities have an aggregate of approximately 30.1 million net rentable square feet, including 11.2 million in Texas, 3.8 million in Maryland, 1.2 million in Oklahoma, 1.1 million in Virginia, 0.9 million in North Carolina, 0.8 million in each of Arizona and Colorado, 0.7 million in Ohio, 0.6 million in each of California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota and South Carolina, 0.5 million in each of Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon and Pennsylvania, 0.4 million in each of Alabama, Indiana, Nevada and Tennessee, 0.3 million in Washington, and 1.1 million in other states.

We have been active in acquiring facilities in recent years. Since the beginning of 2020, we acquired a total of 338 facilities with 30.1 million net rentable square feet for $6.4 billion. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, these facilities contributed net operating income of $70.9 million and $188.9 million, respectively.

During 2021, we acquired the ezStorage portfolio, consisting of 48 properties (4.1 million net rentable square feet) for acquisition cost of $1.8 billion. Included in the Acquisition results in the table above are ezStorage portfolio revenues of $74.7 million, NOI of $59.0 million (including Direct NOI of $61.1 million), and average square footage occupancy of 90.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

During 2021, we acquired the All Storage portfolio, consisting of 56 properties (7.5 million net rentable square feet) for $1.5 billion. Included in the Acquisition results in the table above are All Storage portfolio revenues of $57.3 million, NOI of $33.5 million (including Direct NOI of $35.7 million), and average square footage occupancy of 79.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

We remain active in seeking to acquire additional self-storage facilities through 2022. Subsequent to September 30, 2022, we acquired or were under contract to acquire 33 self-storage facilities across six states with 1.7 million net rentable square feet, for $262.6 million. Future acquisition volume is likely to be impacted by increasing cost of capital requirements and overall macro-economic uncertainties.

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Developed and Expanded Facilities

The developed and expanded facilities include 59 facilities that were developed on new sites since January 1, 2017, and 91 facilities expanded to increase their net rentable square footage. Of these expansions, 51 were completed before 2021, 24 were completed in 2021 or 2022, and 16 are currently in process at September 30, 2022. The following table summarizes operating data with respect to the Developed and Expanded Facilities:

DEVELOPED AND EXPANDED FACILITIES
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Change (a)		2022		2021		Change (a)
	($ amounts in thousands, except for per square foot amounts)
Revenues (b):
Developed in 2017	$	9,324	$	7,317	$	2,007	$	25,865	$	20,021	$	5,844
Developed in 2018	9,712		7,569		2,143		26,995		20,391		6,604
Developed in 2019	4,423		3,313		1,110		12,046		8,470		3,576
Developed in 2020	1,782		1,062		720		4,940		2,093		2,847
Developed in 2021	2,390		558		1,832		5,750		706		5,044
Developed in 2022	137		—		137		137		—		137
Expansions completed before 2021	25,116		19,077		6,039		69,933		49,772		20,161
Expansions completed in 2021 or 2022	12,924		7,935		4,989		34,733		21,691		13,042
Expansions in process	5,554		5,975		(421)		16,938		17,353		(415)
Total revenues	71,362		52,806		18,556		197,337		140,497		56,840
Cost of operations (b):
Developed in 2017	2,622		2,540		82		7,946		7,461		485
Developed in 2018	2,896		2,669		227		7,883		7,774		109
Developed in 2019	1,395		1,222		173		4,267		3,917		350
Developed in 2020	456		432		24		1,311		1,275		36
Developed in 2021	1,010		400		610		2,697		890		1,807
Developed in 2022	236		—		236		236		—		236
Expansions completed before 2021	8,256		7,433		823		23,299		21,801		1,498
Expansions completed in 2021 or 2022	3,200		2,190		1,010		8,857		5,949		2,908
Expansions in process	1,194		1,189		5		3,490		3,643		(153)
Total cost of operations	21,265		18,075		3,190		59,986		52,710		7,276
Net operating income (loss):
Developed in 2017	6,702		4,777		1,925		17,919		12,560		5,359
Developed in 2018	6,816		4,900		1,916		19,112		12,617		6,495
Developed in 2019	3,028		2,091		937		7,779		4,553		3,226
Developed in 2020	1,326		630		696		3,629		818		2,811
Developed in 2021	1,380		158		1,222		3,053		(184)		3,237
Developed in 2022	(99)		—		(99)		(99)		—		(99)
Expansions completed before 2021	16,860		11,644		5,216		46,634		27,971		18,663
Expansions completed in 2021 or 2022	9,724		5,745		3,979		25,876		15,742		10,134
Expansions in process	4,360		4,786		(426)		13,448		13,710		(262)
Net operating income	50,097		34,731		15,366		137,351		87,787		49,564
Depreciation and amortization expense	(15,326)		(13,668)		(1,658)		(44,730)		(42,179)		(2,551)
Net income	$	34,771	$	21,063	$	13,708	$	92,621	$	45,608	$	47,013

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DEVELOPED AND EXPANDED FACILITIES (Continued)
	As of September 30,
	2022		2021		Change (a)
	($ amounts in thousands, except for per square foot amounts)
Square foot occupancy:
Developed in 2017	90.8%		91.7%		(1.0)%
Developed in 2018	89.4%		90.5%		(1.2)%
Developed in 2019	88.4%		89.9%		(1.7)%
Developed in 2020	93.1%		90.0%		3.4%
Developed in 2021	82.7%		44.0%		88.0%
Developed in 2022	25.8%		—		—
Expansions completed before 2021	88.0%		87.3%		0.8%
Expansions completed in 2021 or 2022	83.9%		85.7%		(2.1)%
Expansions in process	80.8%		93.5%		(13.6)%
	85.9%		87.4%		(1.7)%
Annual contract rent per occupied square foot:
Developed in 2017	$	19.52	$	15.35	27.2%
Developed in 2018	20.72		16.18		28.1%
Developed in 2019	18.20		13.65		33.3%
Developed in 2020	21.46		15.16		41.6%
Developed in 2021	17.72		13.64		29.9%
Developed in 2022	16.19		—		—
Expansions completed before 2021	16.16		12.86		25.7%
Expansions completed in 2021 or 2022	21.58		18.51		16.6%
Expansions in process	26.28		22.47		17.0%
	$	19.01	$	15.30	24.2%
Number of facilities:
Developed in 2017	16		16		—
Developed in 2018	18		18		—
Developed in 2019	11		11		—
Developed in 2020	3		3		—
Developed in 2021	6		4		2
Developed in 2022	5		—		5
Expansions completed before 2021	51		51		—
Expansions completed in 2021 or 2022	24		23		1
Expansions in process	16		16		—
	150		142		8
Net rentable square feet (in thousands) (c):
Developed in 2017	2,040		2,040		—
Developed in 2018	2,069		2,069		—
Developed in 2019	1,057		1,057		—
Developed in 2020	347		347		—
Developed in 2021	681		502		179
Developed in 2022	399		—		399
Expansions completed before 2021	6,879		6,879		—
Expansions completed in 2021 or 2022	2,897		2,210		687
Expansions in process	951		1,135		(184)
	17,320		16,239		1,081

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	As of September 30, 2022
Costs to develop (in thousands):
Developed in 2017	$	239,871
Developed in 2018	262,187
Developed in 2019	150,387
Developed in 2020	42,063
Developed in 2021	115,632
Developed in 2022	61,214
Expansions completed before 2021 (d)	478,659
Expansions completed in 2021 or 2022 (d)	168,877
	$	1,518,890

(a)Represents the percentage change with respect to square foot occupancy and annual contract rent per occupied square foot, and the absolute nominal change with respect to all other items.

(b)Revenues and cost of operations do not include tenant reinsurance and merchandise sales generated at the facilities. See “Ancillary Operations” below for more information.

(c)The facilities included above have an aggregate of approximately 17.3 million net rentable square feet at September 30, 2022, including 5.0 million in Texas, 3.0 million in Florida, 2.2 million in California, 1.5 million in Colorado, 1.4 million in Minnesota, 0.9 million in North Carolina, 0.7 million in Michigan, 0.4 million in each of Missouri, New Jersey, South Carolina and Washington, 0.3 million in Virginia and 0.7 million in other states.

(d)These amounts only include the direct cost incurred to expand and renovate these facilities, and do not include (i) the original cost to develop or acquire the facility or (ii) the lost revenue on space demolished during the construction and fill-up period.

It typically takes at least three to four years for a newly developed or expanded self-storage facility to stabilize with respect to revenues. Physical occupancy can be achieved as early as two to three years following completion of the development or expansion through offering lower rental rates during fill-up. As a result, even after achieving high occupancy, there can still be a period of elevated revenue growth as the tenant base matures and higher rental rates are achieved.

We believe that our development and redevelopment activities generate favorable risk-adjusted returns over the long run. However, in the short run, our earnings are diluted during the construction and stabilization period due to the cost of capital to fund the development cost, as well as the related construction and development overhead expenses included in general and administrative expense.

We typically underwrite new developments to stabilize at approximately an 8.0% NOI yield on cost. Our developed facilities have thus far leased up as expected and are at various stages of their revenue stabilization periods. The actual annualized yields that we may achieve on these facilities upon stabilization will depend on many factors, including local and current market conditions in the vicinity of each property and the level of new and existing supply.

The facilities under “expansions completed” represent those facilities where the expansions have been completed at September 30, 2022. We incurred a total of $647.5 million in direct cost to expand these facilities, demolished a total of 1.1 million net rentable square feet of storage space, and built a total of 6.1 million net rentable square feet of new storage space.

At September 30, 2022, we had 24 additional facilities in development, which will have a total of 2.1 million net rentable square feet of storage space and have an aggregate development cost totaling approximately $421.0 million. We expect these facilities to open over the next 18 to 24 months.

The facilities under “expansion in process” represent those facilities where construction is in process at September 30, 2022, and together with additional future expansion activities primarily related to our Same Store Facilities at September 30, 2022, we expect to add a total of 3.0 million net rentable square feet of storage space by expanding existing self-storage facilities for an aggregate direct development cost of $590.9 million.

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Other Non-Same Store Facilities

The “Other Non-Same Store Facilities” represent facilities which, while not newly acquired, developed, or expanded, are not fully stabilized since January 1, 2020, including facilities undergoing fill-up as well as facilities damaged in casualty events such as hurricanes, floods, and fires.

The Other Non-Same Store Facilities have an aggregate of 5.3 million net rentable square feet, including 1.1 million in Texas, 0.6 million in each of Florida and Washington, 0.4 million in each of California and Virginia, 0.3 million in each of Indiana and South Carolina, 0.2 million in each of Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Tennessee and 0.8 million in other states.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the average occupancy for these facilities totaled 92.5% and 92.5%, respectively, as compared to 93.9% and 92.6% for the same periods in 2021, and the realized rent per occupied square foot totaled $19.34 and $18.08, respectively, as compared to $15.15 and $14.03 for the same periods in 2021.

Depreciation and amortization expense

Depreciation and amortization expense for Self-Storage Operations increased $32.2 million and $153.5 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2021, primarily due to newly acquired facilities of $5.1 billion in 2021. We expect continued increases in depreciation expense in the remainder of 2022 as a result of elevated levels of capital expenditures and new facilities that are acquired, developed or expanded in the remainder of 2022.

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Ancillary Operations

Ancillary revenues and expenses include amounts associated with the reinsurance of policies against losses to goods stored by tenants in our self-storage facilities, sale of merchandise at our self-storage facilities, and management of property owned by unrelated third parties. The following table sets forth our ancillary operations:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change
	(Amounts in thousands)
Revenues:
Tenant reinsurance premiums	$	47,960	$	42,774	$	5,186	$	139,842	$	123,271	$	16,571
Merchandise	7,378		7,384		(6)		21,783		21,932		(149)
Third party property management	5,419		4,263		1,156		14,321		12,455		1,866
Total revenues	60,757		54,421		6,336		175,946		157,658		18,288
Cost of operations:
Tenant reinsurance	12,191		11,029		1,162		27,666		26,115		1,551
Merchandise	4,517		4,476		41		12,948		13,148		(200)
Third party property management	4,864		4,230		634		13,683		12,781		902
Total cost of operations	21,572		19,735		1,837		54,297		52,044		2,253
Net operating income (loss):
Tenant reinsurance	35,769		31,745		4,024		112,176		97,156		15,020
Merchandise	2,861		2,908		(47)		8,835		8,784		51
Third party property management	555		33		522		638		(326)		964
Total net operating income	$	39,185	$	34,686	$	4,499	$	121,649	$	105,614	$	16,035

Tenant reinsurance operations: Tenant reinsurance premium revenue increased $5.2 million or 12.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2022, and increased $16.6 million or 13.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, in each case as compared to the same period in 2021, as a result of an increase in our tenant base with respect to acquired, newly developed, and expanded facilities and the third party properties we manage. Tenant reinsurance premium revenue generated from tenants at our Same-Store Facilities were $35.0 million and $104.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to $33.8 million and $100.3 million for the same periods in 2021, representing an increase of 3.6% and 3.9%, respectively.

We expect future growth will come primarily from customers of newly acquired and developed facilities, as well as additional tenants at our existing unstabilized self-storage facilities.

Cost of operations primarily includes claims paid as well as claims adjustment expenses. Claims expenses vary based upon the number of insured tenants and the volume of events which drive covered customer losses, such as burglary, as well as catastrophic weather events affecting multiple properties such as hurricanes and floods. Included in cost of operations are $4.0 million of estimated claims costs related to Hurricane Ian for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to $2.0 million of estimated claims costs related to Hurricane Ida for the same periods in 2021.

Merchandise sales: Sales of locks, boxes, and packing supplies at our self-storage facilities are primarily impacted by the level of move-ins and other customer traffic at our self-storage facilities. We do not expect any significant changes in revenues or profitability from our merchandise sales in the remainder of 2022.

Third-party property management: At September 30, 2022, we managed 108 facilities for unrelated third parties, and were under contract to manage 67 additional facilities including 62 facilities that are currently under construction. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we added 38 facilities to the program, acquired three facilities from the program, and had twelve properties exit the program due to sales to other buyers. While we expect this business to increase in scope and size, we do not expect any significant changes in overall profitability of this business in the near term as we seek new properties to manage and are in the earlier stages of fill-up for newly managed properties.

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Analysis of items not allocated to segments

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities

We account for the equity investments in PSB and Shurgard using the equity method and record our pro-rata share of the net income of these entities. The following table, and the discussion below, sets forth our equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change
	(Amounts in thousands)
Equity in earnings:
PSB	$	3,586	$	27,110	$	(23,524)	$	80,596	$	62,494	$	18,102
Shurgard	4,594		5,750		(1,156)		19,533		18,888		645
Total equity in earnings	$	8,180	$	32,860	$	(24,680)	$	100,129	$	81,382	$	18,747

Investment in PSB: On April 24, 2022, PSB entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger whereby affiliates of Blackstone agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of PSB’s common stock for $187.50 per share in cash. On July 20, 2022, PSB announced that it completed the merger transaction with Blackstone. Each share of PSB common stock and each common unit of partnership interest we held in PSB were converted into the right to receive the merger consideration of $187.50 per share or unit, including a $5.25 closing cash dividend per share or unit, and a $0.22 prorated quarterly cash dividend per share or unit, for a total of $187.72 per share or unit. At the close of the merger transaction, we received a total of $2.7 billion of cash proceeds and recognized a gain of $2.1 billion, which was classified within gain on sale of our equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc. in the Consolidated Statement of Income. Accordingly, equity in earnings from PSB for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 reflect activities through the merger date, July 20, 2022.

Included in our equity earnings from PSB for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is our equity share of gains on sale of real estate totaling $49.1 million (none for the three months ended September 30, 2022), as compared to $12.4 million and $20.3 million for three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, our equity share of earnings from PSB contributed $5.6 million and $57.7 million, respectively, to Core FFO, as compared to $24.8 million and $74.5 million for the same periods in 2021.

As a result of closing the sale of PSB, we will no longer recognize equity in earnings from PSB in the future.

Investment in Shurgard: Included in our equity earnings from Shurgard for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is our equity share of gains on sale of real estate totaling $3.5 million.

For purposes of recording our equity in earnings from Shurgard, the Euro was translated at exchange rates of approximately 0.980 U.S. Dollars per Euro at September 30, 2022 (1.134 at December 31, 2021), and average exchange rates of 1.008 and 1.179 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and average exchange rates of 1.065 and 1.196 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Accordingly, our equity in earnings from Shurgard was negatively impacted by the strengthening of the U.S. Dollar against the Euro by approximately 14.5% and 11.0% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively.

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General and administrative expense: The following table sets forth our general and administrative expense:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change
	(Amounts in thousands)
Share-based compensation expense	$	9,335	$	9,747	$	(412)	$	30,167	$	30,291	$	(124)
Development and acquisition costs	2,571		1,885		686		9,085		6,580		2,505
Federal and State tax expense and related compliance costs	5,546		4,306		1,240		11,661		8,261		3,400
Legal costs	1,100		3,717		(2,617)		2,320		6,060		(3,740)
Corporate management costs	5,620		4,304		1,316		16,314		13,218		3,096
Other costs	5,329		7,723		(2,394)		11,854		14,586		(2,732)
Total	$	29,501	$	31,682	$	(2,181)	$	81,401	$	78,996	$	2,405

Interest and other income: The following table sets forth our interest and other income:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		Change		2022		2021		Change
	(Amounts in thousands)
Interest earned on cash balances	$	8,149	$	18	$	8,131	$	10,307	$	48	$	10,259
Commercial operations	3,011		1,961		1,050		7,259		6,158		1,101
Unrealized gain on private equity investments	344		—		344		4,641		—		4,641
Other	1,232		1,377		(145)		4,187		3,115		1,072
Total	$	12,736	$	3,356	$	9,380	$	26,394	$	9,321	$	17,073

Interest expense: For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we incurred $35.8 million and $104.4 million, respectively, of interest on our outstanding notes payable, as compared to $24.6 million and $63.6 million for the same periods in 2021. In determining interest expense, these amounts were offset by capitalized interest of $1.7 million and $4.2 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, associated with our development activities, as compared to $0.9 million and $2.6 million for the same periods in 2021. The increase of interest expense in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the same periods in 2021 is due to our issuances of debt to fund our 2021 acquisition activity. At September 30, 2022, we had $6.7 billion of notes payable outstanding, with a weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.9%.

Foreign Currency Exchange Gain: For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recorded foreign currency gains of $100.2 million and $237.3 million, respectively, representing primarily the changes in the U.S. Dollar equivalent of our Euro-denominated unsecured notes due to fluctuations in exchange rates. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we recorded foreign currency gains of $40.9 million and $73.6 million, respectively. The Euro was translated at exchange rates of approximately 0.980 U.S. Dollars per Euro at September 30, 2022, 1.134 at December 31, 2021, 1.159 at September 30, 2021 and 1.226 at December 31, 2020. Future gains and losses on foreign currency will be dependent upon changes in the relative value of the Euro to the U.S. Dollar and the level of Euro-denominated notes payable outstanding.

Gain on Sale of Real Estate: In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recorded $1.5 million in gains, and in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we recorded gains totaling $0.3 million and $13.7 million, respectively, in connection with the partial sale of real estate facilities pursuant to eminent domain proceedings.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview and our Sources of Capital

While operating as a REIT allows us to minimize the payment of U.S. federal corporate income tax expense, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to our shareholders. Notwithstanding this requirement, we are nonetheless able to retain operating cash flow to the extent that our tax depreciation exceeds our maintenance capital expenditures. Retained operating cash flow represents our expected cash flow provided by operating activities (including property operating costs and interest payments described below), less shareholder distributions and capital expenditures. Our annual operating retained cash flow increased from $200 million to $300 million per year in recent years to approximately $700 million in 2021.

The REIT distribution requirement limits cash flow from operations that can be retained and reinvested in the business, increasing our reliance upon raising capital to fund growth. Capital needs in excess of retained cash flow are met with: (i) medium and long-term debt, (ii) preferred equity, and (iii) common equity. We select among these sources of capital based upon relative cost, availability, the desire for leverage, and considering potential constraints caused by certain features of capital sources, such as debt covenants. We view our line of credit, as well as any short-term bank loans, as bridge financing.

Because raising capital is important to our growth, we endeavor to maintain a strong financial profile characterized by strong credit metrics, including low leverage relative to our total capitalization and operating cash flows. We are one of the highest rated REITs, as rated by major rating agencies Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. Our senior notes payable have an “A” credit rating by Standard & Poor’s and “A2” by Moody’s. Our credit ratings on each of our series of preferred shares are “A3” by Moody’s and “BBB+” by Standard & Poor’s. Our credit profile enables us to effectively access both the public and private capital markets to raise capital.

We have a $500.0 million revolving line of credit which we are able to use as temporary “bridge” financing until we are able to raise longer term capital. As of September 30, 2022 and November 1, 2022, there were no borrowings outstanding on the revolving line of credit; however, we do have approximately $18.6 million of outstanding letters of credit which limits our borrowing capacity to $481.4 million as of November 1, 2022. Our line of credit matures on April 19, 2024.

We believe that we have significant financial flexibility to adapt to changing conditions and opportunities and we have significant access to sources of capital including debt and preferred equity. While the costs of financing have increased recently, based on our strong credit profile and our substantial current liquidity relative to our capital requirements noted below, we would not expect any potential capital market dislocations to have a material impact upon our expected capital and growth plans over the next 12 months. However, if capital market conditions were to change significantly in the long run, our access to or cost of debt and preferred equity capital could be negatively impacted and potentially affect future investment activities.

Our current and expected capital resources include: (i) $883.8 million of cash as of September 30, 2022 and (ii) approximately $600.0 million of expected retained operating cash flow over the next twelve months. We believe that our cash provided by our operating activities will continue to be sufficient to enable us to meet our ongoing cash requirements for interest payments on debt, maintenance capital expenditures and distributions to our shareholders for the foreseeable future.

As described below, our current committed cash requirements consist of (i) $19.4 million of principal payments on debt in the remainder of 2022 and throughout 2023, (ii) $262.6 million in property acquisitions currently under contract, and (iii) $605.5 million of remaining spending on our current development pipeline, which will be incurred primarily in the next 18 to 24 months. Our cash requirements may increase over the next year as we add projects to our development pipeline and acquire additional properties. Additional potential cash requirements could result from various activities including the redemption of outstanding preferred securities, repurchases of common stock, or merger and acquisition activities, as and to the extent we determine to engage in such activities.

Over the long term, to the extent that our cash requirements exceed our capital resources, we believe we have a variety of possibilities to raise additional capital including issuing common or preferred securities, issuing debt, or entering into joint venture arrangements to acquire or develop facilities.

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Cash Requirements

The following summarizes our expected material cash requirements which comprise (i) contractually obligated expenditures, including payments of principal and interest, (ii) other essential expenditures, including property operating expenses, maintenance capital expenditures and dividends paid in accordance with REIT distribution requirements, and (iii) opportunistic expenditures, including acquisitions and developments and repurchases of our securities. We expect to satisfy these cash requirements through operating cash flow and opportunistic debt and equity financings.

Required Debt Repayments: As of September 30, 2022, the principal outstanding on our debt totaled approximately $6.8 billion, consisting of $21.0 million of secured notes payable, $1.5 billion of Euro-denominated unsecured notes payable and $5.3 billion of U.S. Dollar denominated unsecured notes payable. Approximate principal maturities and interest payments are as follows (amounts in thousands):

Remainder of 2022	$	33,971
2023	147,164
2024	916,091
2025	344,661
2026	1,250,688
Thereafter	4,824,794
	$	7,517,369

Capital Expenditure Requirements: Capital expenditures include general maintenance, major repairs or replacements to elements of our facilities to keep our facilities in good operating condition and maintain their visual appeal. Capital expenditures do not include costs relating to the development of new facilities or redevelopment of existing facilities to increase their available rentable square footage.

Capital expenditures totaled $329.3 million in the first nine months of 2022 and are expected to approximate $400 million to $450 million for the year ending December 31, 2022. In addition to standard capital repairs of building elements reaching the end of their useful lives, our capital expenditures in recent years have included incremental expenditures to enhance the competitive position of certain of our facilities relative to local competitors pursuant to a multi-year program. Such investments include development of more pronounced, attractive, and clearly identifiable color schemes and signage, upgrades to the configuration and layout of the offices and other customer zones to improve the customer experience. We spent approximately $175 million in the first nine months of 2022 and expect to spend $220 million in 2022 on this effort. In addition, we have made investments in LED lighting and the installation of solar panels, which approximated $39 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and we expect to spend $50 million in 2022.

We believe that these incremental investments improve customer satisfaction, the attractiveness and competitiveness of our facilities to new and existing customers and, in the case of LED lighting and solar panels, reduce operating costs.

Requirement to Pay Distributions: For all periods presented herein, we have elected to be treated as a REIT, as defined in the Code. For each taxable year in which we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we will not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on our “REIT taxable income” (generally, taxable income subject to specified adjustments, including a deduction for dividends paid and excluding our net capital gain) that is distributed to our shareholders. We believe we have met these requirements in all periods presented herein, and we expect to continue to qualify as a REIT.

On October 26, 2022, our Board declared a regular common quarterly dividend of $2.00 per common share totaling approximately $350 million, which will be paid at the end of December 2022. Our consistent, long-term dividend policy has been to distribute our taxable income. Future quarterly distributions with respect to the common shares will continue to be determined based upon our REIT distribution requirements after taking into consideration distributions to the preferred shareholders and will be funded with cash flows from operating activities.

The annual distribution requirement with respect to our Preferred Shares outstanding at September 30, 2022 is approximately $194.7 million per year.

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Real Estate Investment Activities: We continue to seek to acquire additional self-storage facilities from third parties. Subsequent to September 30, 2022, we acquired or were under contract to acquire 33 self-storage facilities for a total purchase price of $262.6 million.

We are actively seeking to acquire additional facilities. However, future acquisition volume will depend upon whether additional owners will be motivated to market their facilities, which will in turn depend upon factors such as economic conditions and the level of seller confidence.

As of September 30, 2022, we had development and expansion projects at a total cost of approximately $1.0 billion. Costs incurred through September 30, 2022 were $406.4 million, with the remaining cost to complete of $605.5 million expected to be incurred primarily in the next 18 to 24 months. Some of these projects are subject to contingencies such as entitlement approval. We expect to continue to seek to add projects to maintain and increase our robust pipeline. Our ability to do so continues to be challenged by various constraints such as difficulty in finding projects that meet our risk-adjusted yield expectations, and challenges in obtaining building permits for self-storage facilities in certain municipalities.

Property Operating Expenses: The direct and indirect cost of our operations impose significant cash requirements. Direct operating costs include property taxes, on-site property manager payroll, repairs and maintenance, utilities and marketing. Indirect operating costs include supervisory payroll and centralized management costs. The cash requirements from these operating costs will vary year to year based on, among other things, changes in the size of our portfolio and changes in property tax rates and assessed values, wage rates and marketing costs in our markets.

Redemption of Preferred Securities: Historically, we have taken advantage of refinancing higher coupon preferred securities with lower coupon preferred securities. In the future, we may also elect to finance the redemption of preferred securities with proceeds from the issuance of debt. As of November 1, 2022, we have two series of preferred securities that are eligible for redemption, at our option and with 30 days’ notice: our 5.150% Series F Preferred Shares ($280.0 million) and our 5.050% Series G Preferred Shares ($300.0 million). See Note 9 to our September 30, 2022 consolidated financial statements for the redemption dates of all of our series of preferred shares. Redemption of such preferred shares will depend upon many factors, including the rate at which we could issue replacement preferred securities. None of our preferred securities are redeemable at the option of the holders.

Repurchases of Common Shares: Our Board has authorized management to repurchase up to 35,000,000 of our common shares on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we did not repurchase any of our common shares. From the inception of the repurchase program through November 1, 2022, we have repurchased a total of 23,721,916 common shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $679.1 million. Future levels of common share repurchases will be dependent upon our available capital, investment alternatives and the trading price of our common shares.

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ITEM 3.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

To limit our exposure to market risk, we are capitalized primarily with preferred and common equity. Our preferred shares are redeemable at our option generally five years after issuance, but the holder has no redemption option. Our debt is our only market-risk sensitive portion of our capital structure, which totals approximately $6.7 billion at September 30, 2022.

The fair value of our debt at September 30, 2022 is approximately $5.8 billion. The table below summarizes the annual maturities of our debt, which had a weighted average effective rate of 1.9% at September 30, 2022. See Note 7 to our September 30, 2022 consolidated financial statements for further information regarding our debt (amounts in thousands).

	Remainder of 2022		2023		2024		2025		2026		Thereafter		Total
Debt	$	212	$	19,219	$	798,108	$	237,266	$	1,150,138	$	4,577,020	$	6,781,963

We have foreign currency exposure at September 30, 2022 related to (i) our investment in Shurgard, with a book value of $252.6 million, and a fair value of $1.3 billion based upon the closing price of Shurgard’s stock on September 30, 2022, and (ii) €1.5 billion ($1.5 billion) of Euro-denominated unsecured notes payable, providing a natural hedge against the fair value of our investment in Shurgard.

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports we file and submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in accordance with SEC guidelines and that such information is communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based on the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures in reaching that level of reasonable assurance. We also have investments in certain unconsolidated real estate entities and because we do not control these entities, our disclosure controls and procedures with respect to such entities are substantially more limited than those we maintain with respect to our consolidated subsidiaries.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, at a reasonable assurance level.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Part II.        OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.    Legal Proceedings

We are a party to various legal proceedings and subject to various claims and complaints; however, we believe that the likelihood of these contingencies resulting in a material loss to the Company, either individually or in the aggregate, is remote.

ITEM 1A.    Risk Factors

In addition to the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2021, in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, and in our other filings with the SEC. These factors may materially affect our business, financial condition and operating results. There have been no material changes to the risk factors relating to the Company disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

In addition, in considering the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and elsewhere, you should refer to the qualifications and limitations on our forward-looking statements that are described in Forward Looking Statements at the beginning of Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Common Share Repurchases

Our Board has authorized management to repurchase up to 35,000,000 of our common shares on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. From the inception of the repurchase program through November 1, 2022, we have repurchased a total of 23,721,916 common shares (all purchased prior to 2010) at an aggregate cost of approximately $679.1 million. Our common share repurchase program does not have an expiration date and there are 11,278,084 common shares that may yet be repurchased under our repurchase program as of September 30, 2022. We have no current plans to repurchase shares; however, future levels of common share repurchases will be dependent upon our available capital, investment alternatives, and the trading price of our common shares.

ITEM 6.    Exhibits

Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference and are listed in the attached Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.

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PUBLIC STORAGE

INDEX TO EXHIBITS (1)

(Items 15(a)(3) and 15(c)

31.1	Rule 13a – 14(a) Certification. Filed herewith.
31.2	Rule 13a – 14(a) Certification. Filed herewith.
32	Section 1350 Certifications. Filed herewith.
101 .INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
101 .SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema. Filed herewith.
101 .CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase. Filed herewith.
101 .DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase. Filed herewith.
101 .LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase. Filed herewith.
101 .PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Link. Filed herewith.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
_ (1) SEC	File No. 001-33519 unless otherwise indicated.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

DATED: November 1, 2022
PUBLIC STORAGE
By:	/s/ H. Thomas Boyle
	H. Thomas Boyle Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

RULE 13A – 14(a) CERTIFICATION

I, Joseph D. Russell, Jr., certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Public Storage;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Joseph D. Russell, Jr.
Name:	Joseph D. Russell, Jr.
Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:	November 1, 2022

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

RULE 13A – 14(a) CERTIFICATION

I, H. Thomas Boyle, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Public Storage;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ H. Thomas Boyle
Name:	H. Thomas Boyle
Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date:	November 1, 2022

EX-32

Exhibit 32

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Public Storage (the “Company”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on the date hereof (the “Report”), Joseph D. Russell, Jr., as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and H. Thomas Boyle, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), that:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Joseph D. Russell, Jr.
Name:	Joseph D. Russell, Jr.
Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:	November 1, 2022

/s/ H. Thomas Boyle
Name:	H. Thomas Boyle
Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date:	November 1, 2022

This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to §906 of Sarbanes-Oxley and shall not, except to the extent required by Sarbanes-Oxley, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of §18 of the Exchange Act.

A signed original of this written statement required by §906 of Sarbanes-Oxley has been provided to the Company, and will be retained and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.

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Cover Page - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Oct. 27, 2022
Document Type	10-Q
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2022
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-33519
Entity Registrant Name	Public Storage
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	MD
Entity Tax Identification Number	95-3551121
Entity Address, Address Line One	701 Western Avenue
Entity Address, City or Town	Glendale
Entity Address, State or Province	CA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	91201-2349
City Area Code	818
Local Phone Number	244-8080
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		175,638,388
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2022
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Central Index Key	0001393311
Common Shares
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Shares, $0.10 par value
Trading Symbol	PSA
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series F Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 5.150% Cum Pref Share, Series F, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrF
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series G Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 5.050% Cum Pref Share, Series G, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrG
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series H Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 5.600% Cum Pref Share, Series H, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrH
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series I Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.875% Cum Pref Share, Series I, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrI
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series J Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.700% Cum Pref Share, Series J, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrJ
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series K Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.750% Cum Pref Share, Series K, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrK
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series L Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.625% Cum Pref Share, Series L, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrL
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series M Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.125% Cum Pref Share, Series M, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrM
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series N Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 3.875% Cum Pref Share, Series N, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrN
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series O Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 3.900% Cum Pref Share, Series O, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrO
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series P Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.000% Cum Pref Share, Series P, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrP
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series Q Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 3.950% Cum Pref Share, Series Q, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrQ
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series R Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.000% Cum Pref Share, Series R, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrR
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series S Preferred Stock
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.100% Cum Pref Share, Series S, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	PSAPrS
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Notes Due 2032
Title of 12(b) Security	0.875% Senior Notes due 2032
Trading Symbol	PSA32
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Notes Due 2030
Title of 12(b) Security	0.500% Senior Notes due 2030
Trading Symbol	PSA30
Security Exchange Name	NYSE

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents	$ 883,787	$ 734,599
Real estate facilities, at cost:
Land	5,240,841	5,134,060
Buildings	18,535,053	17,673,773
Real estate facilities, gross	23,775,894	22,807,833
Accumulated depreciation	(8,346,598)	(7,773,308)
Real estate facilities, net	15,429,296	15,034,525
Construction in process	406,354	272,471
Total real estate facilities	15,835,650	15,306,996
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	252,648	828,763
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	239,811	302,894
Other assets	239,024	207,656
Total assets	17,450,920	17,380,908
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Notes payable	6,740,451	7,475,279
Accrued and other liabilities	589,712	482,091
Total liabilities	7,330,163	7,957,370
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	0	68,249
Public Storage shareholders’ equity:
Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 174,000 shares issued (in series) and outstanding, (164,000 at December 31, 2021) at liquidation preference	4,350,000	4,100,000
Common Shares, $0.10 par value, 650,000,000 shares authorized, 175,336,452 shares issued and outstanding (175,134,455 shares at December 31, 2021)	17,534	17,513
Paid-in capital	5,878,739	5,821,667
Accumulated deficit	(122,631)	(550,416)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(96,470)	(53,587)
Total Public Storage shareholders’ equity	10,027,172	9,335,177
Noncontrolling interests	93,585	20,112
Total equity	10,120,757	9,355,289
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity	$ 17,450,920	$ 17,380,908

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Preferred stock, par value (in USD per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	100,000,000	100,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	174,000	164,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	174,000	164,000
Common stock, par value (in USD per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	650,000,000	650,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	175,336,452	175,134,455
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	175,336,452	175,134,455

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 1,088,131	$ 894,931	$ 3,093,621	$ 2,491,508
Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	220,772	188,552	661,608	508,139
General and administrative	29,501	31,682	81,401	78,996
Interest expense	34,113	23,736	100,178	60,980
Operating expenses	561,428	480,704	1,636,437	1,331,858
Other increases to net income:
Interest and other income	12,736	3,356	26,394	9,321
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	8,180	32,860	100,129	81,382
Foreign currency exchange gain	100,170	40,906	237,270	73,584
Gain on sale of real estate	1,503	279	1,503	13,683
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,128,860	0	2,128,860	0
Net income	2,778,152	491,628	3,951,340	1,337,620
Allocation to noncontrolling interests	(9,158)	(1,537)	(14,553)	(4,067)
Net income allocable to Public Storage shareholders	2,768,994	490,091	3,936,787	1,333,553
Allocation of net income to:
Preferred shareholders	(48,678)	(46,237)	(145,716)	(138,500)
Preferred shareholders - redemptions	0	0	0	(16,989)
Restricted share units	(8,155)	(1,527)	(11,405)	(3,678)
Net income allocable to common shareholders	$ 2,712,161	$ 442,327	$ 3,779,666	$ 1,174,386
Net income per common share:
Basic (in USD per share)	$ 15.47	$ 2.53	$ 21.57	$ 6.72
Diluted (in USD per share)	$ 15.38	$ 2.52	$ 21.44	$ 6.70
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	175,283	174,926	175,227	174,787
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	176,328	175,806	176,325	175,398
Self-storage facilities
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 1,027,374	$ 840,510	$ 2,917,675	$ 2,333,850
Expenses:
Self-storage cost of operations	255,470	216,999	738,953	631,699
Ancillary operations
Revenues:
Revenues	60,757	54,421	175,946	157,658
Expenses:
Ancillary cost of operations	$ 21,572	$ 19,735	$ 54,297	$ 52,044

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 2,778,152	$ 491,628	$ 3,951,340	$ 1,337,620
Foreign currency exchange loss on investment in Shurgard	(17,253)	(6,898)	(42,883)	(9,579)
Total comprehensive income	2,760,899	484,730	3,908,457	1,328,041
Allocation to noncontrolling interests	(9,158)	(1,537)	(14,553)	(4,067)
Comprehensive income allocable to Public Storage shareholders	$ 2,751,741	$ 483,193	$ 3,893,904	$ 1,323,974

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Cumulative Preferred Shares	Common Shares	Total Public Storage Shareholders' Equity	Total Public Storage Shareholders' Equity Cumulative Preferred Shares	Total Public Storage Shareholders' Equity Common Shares	Cumulative Preferred Shares	Cumulative Preferred Shares Cumulative Preferred Shares	Common Shares	Common Shares Common Shares	Paid-in Capital	Paid-in Capital Cumulative Preferred Shares	Paid-in Capital Common Shares	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2020	$ 8,576,899			$ 8,558,867			$ 3,792,500		$ 17,458		$ 5,707,101			$ (914,791)	$ (43,401)	$ 18,032
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Issuance of preferred shares	725,311			725,311			747,500				(22,189)
Redemption and shares called for redemption of preferred shares	(525,000)			(525,000)			(525,000)
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation			$ 81,412			$ 81,412				$ 47			$ 81,365
Share-based compensation expense	42,698			42,698							42,698
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	(33)			(32)							(32)					(1)
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	2,359															2,359
Net income	1,337,620			1,337,620										1,337,620
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	4,067			4,067										4,067		4,067
Distributions to:
Preferred shareholders	(138,500)			(138,500)										(138,500)
Noncontrolling interests	(4,513)															(4,513)
Common shareholders and restricted share unitholders	(1,051,376)			(1,051,376)										(1,051,376)
Other comprehensive loss	(9,579)			(9,579)											(9,579)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2021	9,037,298			9,017,354			4,015,000		17,505		5,808,943			(771,114)	(52,980)	19,944
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2020	0
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2021	0
Beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2021	8,763,103			8,743,584			3,871,250		17,486		5,764,672			(863,742)	(46,082)	19,519
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Issuance of preferred shares		$ 138,973			$ 138,973			$ 143,750				$ (4,777)
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation			33,814			33,814				19			33,795
Share-based compensation expense	15,253			15,253							15,253
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	594															594
Net income	491,628			491,628										491,628
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	1,537			1,537										1,537		1,537
Distributions to:
Preferred shareholders	(46,237)			(46,237)										(46,237)
Noncontrolling interests	(1,706)															(1,706)
Common shareholders and restricted share unitholders	(351,226)			(351,226)										(351,226)
Other comprehensive loss	(6,898)			(6,898)											(6,898)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2021	9,037,298			9,017,354			4,015,000		17,505		5,808,943			(771,114)	(52,980)	19,944
Beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2021	0
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2021	0
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2021	9,355,289			9,335,177			4,100,000		17,513		5,821,667			(550,416)	(53,587)	20,112
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Issuance of preferred shares		$ 242,832			$ 242,832			$ 250,000				$ (7,168)
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation			$ 28,015			$ 28,015				21			$ 27,994
Taxes withheld upon net share settlement of restricted share units	(12,989)			(12,989)							(12,989)
Share-based compensation expense	49,235			49,235							49,235
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	6,698															6,698
Reclassification from redeemable noncontrolling interests to noncontrolling interests	83,826															83,826
Net income	3,951,340			3,951,340										3,951,340
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	14,553			14,553										14,553		13,893
Distributions to:
Preferred shareholders	(145,716)			(145,716)										(145,716)
Noncontrolling interests	(30,944)															(30,944)
Common shareholders and restricted share unitholders	(3,363,286)			(3,363,286)										(3,363,286)
Other comprehensive loss	(42,883)			(42,883)											(42,883)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2022	10,120,757			10,027,172			4,350,000		17,534		5,878,739			(122,631)	(96,470)	93,585
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2021	68,249
Increase (Decrease) in Temporary Equity [Roll Forward]
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	15,426
Reclassification from redeemable noncontrolling interests to noncontrolling interests	(83,826)
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	660
Noncontrolling interests	(509)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2022	0
Beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2022	10,048,348			9,954,726			4,350,000		17,524		5,848,632			(182,213)	(79,217)	93,622
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation	16,455			16,455						$ 10	16,445
Taxes withheld upon net share settlement of restricted share units	(779)			(779)							(779)
Share-based compensation expense	14,441			14,441							14,441
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	561															561
Net income	2,778,152			2,778,152										2,778,152
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	9,158			9,158										9,158		9,158
Distributions to:
Preferred shareholders	(48,678)			(48,678)										(48,678)
Noncontrolling interests	(9,756)															(9,756)
Common shareholders and restricted share unitholders	(2,660,734)			(2,660,734)										(2,660,734)
Other comprehensive loss	(17,253)			(17,253)											(17,253)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2022	10,120,757			$ 10,027,172			$ 4,350,000		$ 17,534		$ 5,878,739			$ (122,631)	$ (96,470)	$ 93,585
Beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2022	0
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2022	$ 0

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Distributions to common shareholders and restricted share unitholders (in USD per share)	$ 2.00	$ 19.15	$ 6.00
Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests	$ 1,537	$ 14,553	$ 4,067
Preferred Shares
Issuance of preferred shares (in shares)	5,750	10,000	29,900
Redemption and shares called for redemption of preferred shares (in shares)			21,000
Common Shares
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation (in shares)	183,823	201,997	466,518

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 3,951,340	$ 1,337,620
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	(2,128,860)	0
Gain on sale of real estate	(1,503)	(13,683)
Depreciation and amortization	661,608	508,139
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	(100,129)	(81,382)
Distributions from cumulative equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	134,460	59,251
Unrealized foreign currency exchange gain	(236,698)	(73,584)
Share-based compensation expense	44,597	47,647
Other	55,975	30,712
Total adjustments	(1,570,550)	477,100
Net cash flows from operating activities	2,380,790	1,814,720
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities	(337,896)	(169,103)
Development and expansion of real estate facilities	(231,483)	(201,527)
Acquisition of real estate facilities and intangible assets	(529,357)	(2,845,284)
Distributions in excess of cumulative equity in earnings from unconsolidated real estate entities	13,670	8,765
Proceeds from sale of real estate investments	1,543	16,070
Proceeds from sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,636,011	0
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities	1,552,488	(3,191,079)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments on notes payable	(502,270)	(1,585)
Issuance of notes payable, net of issuance costs	0	3,300,160
Issuance of preferred shares	242,832	725,311
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation	27,913	81,412
Redemption of preferred shares	0	(825,000)
Taxes paid upon net share settlement of restricted share units	(12,989)	(10,438)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	0	(33)
Contributions by noncontrolling interests	1,659	2,359
Distributions paid to preferred shareholders, common shareholders and restricted share unitholders	(3,508,581)	(1,189,876)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests	(31,453)	(4,513)
Net cash flows (used in) from financing activities	(3,782,889)	2,077,797
Net cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities	150,389	701,438
Net effect of foreign exchange impact on cash and equivalents, including restricted cash	0	313
Increase in cash and equivalents, including restricted cash	150,389	701,751
Cash and equivalents, including restricted cash at beginning of the period:
Cash and equivalents	734,599	257,560
Restricted cash included in other assets	26,691	25,040
Cash, equivalents, and restricted cash	761,290	282,600
Cash and equivalents, including restricted cash at end of the period:
Cash and equivalents	883,787	958,247
Restricted cash included in other assets	27,892	26,104
Cash, equivalents, and restricted cash	911,679	984,351
Costs incurred during the period remaining unpaid at period end for:
Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities	(14,254)	(18,243)
Construction or expansion of real estate facilities	(71,006)	(39,305)
Real estate acquired in exchange for noncontrolling interests	$ (19,865)	$ 0

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Description of the Business

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Description of the Business

Description of the Business

Public Storage (referred to herein as “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”), was organized in 1980. Our principal business activities include the ownership and operation of self-storage facilities that offer storage spaces for lease, generally on a month-to-month basis, for personal and business use, ancillary activities such as tenant reinsurance, merchandise sales, and third party management, as well as the acquisition and development of additional self-storage space.

At September 30, 2022, we had direct and indirect equity interests in 2,836 self-storage facilities (with approximately 202.2 million net rentable square feet) located in 40 states in the United States (“U.S.”) operating under the Public Storage® name, and 1.2 million net rentable square feet of commercial and retail space.

At September 30, 2022, we owned a 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage SA (“Shurgard”), a public company traded on the Euronext Brussels under the “SHUR” symbol, which owned 259 self-storage facilities (with approximately 14 million net rentable square feet) located in seven Western European countries, all operating under the Shurgard® name.

On July 20, 2022, in connection with the closing of PS Business Parks, Inc.’s (“PSB”) merger transaction with affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate (“Blackstone”), we completed the sale of our 41% common equity interest in PSB in its entirety. Prior to the merger transaction, PSB was a REIT traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the “PSB” symbol, which owned commercial properties, primarily multi-tenant industrial, flex, and office space. Refer to Note 4. Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities for transaction information and our accounting treatment of the sale.

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

We have prepared the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In our opinion, the interim consolidated financial statements presented herein reflect all adjustments, primarily of a normal recurring nature, that are necessary to present fairly the interim consolidated financial statements. Because they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements, these interim consolidated financial statements should be read together with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Disclosures of the number and square footage of facilities, as well as the number and coverage of tenant reinsurance policies (Note 14) are unaudited and outside the scope of our independent registered public accounting firm’s review of our financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (U.S.).

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no significant changes to the Company's significant accounting policies described in Note 2, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of Part II of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021

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Real Estate Facilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Real Estate [Abstract]

Real Estate Facilities

Real Estate Facilities

Activity in real estate facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
	(Amounts in thousands)
Operating facilities, at cost:
Beginning balance	$	22,807,833
Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities	329,253
Acquisitions	514,541
Dispositions	(1,704)
Developed or expanded facilities opened for operation	125,971
Ending balance	23,775,894
Accumulated depreciation:
Beginning balance	(7,773,308)
Depreciation expense	(574,374)
Dispositions	1,084
Ending balance	(8,346,598)
Construction in process:
Beginning balance	272,471
Costs incurred to develop and expand real estate facilities	259,854
Developed or expanded facilities opened for operation	(125,971)
Ending balance	406,354
Total real estate facilities at September 30, 2022	$	15,835,650

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we acquired 44 self-storage facilities (3.2 million net rentable square feet of storage space), for a total cost of $501.9 million, consisting of $482.0 million in cash and $19.9 million in partnership units in our subsidiary. Approximately $14.4 million of the total cost was allocated to intangible assets. We completed development and redevelopment activities costing $126.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, adding 0.9 million net rentable square feet of self-storage space. Construction in process at September 30, 2022 consisted of projects to develop new self-storage facilities and expand existing self-storage facilities.

Additionally, on July 8, 2022, we acquired from PSB the commercial interests in five properties at three sites jointly occupied with certain of our self-storage facilities located in Maryland and Virginia, for $47.3 million. We recognized $27.0 million of real estate assets and $0.7 million of intangibles for the properties acquired, representing the cost of these commercial properties that we did not have interest in through our equity investment in PSB. We recognized the remaining $19.6 million as an increase to our basis in our equity investment in PSB, which represents the elimination of our portion of the gain recorded by PSB.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we sold portions of real estate facilities in connection with eminent domain proceedings for $1.5 million in cash proceeds and recorded a related gain on sale of real estate of approximately $1.5 million.

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

The following tables set forth our investments in, and equity in earnings of, the Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (amounts in thousands):

	Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities at
	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
PSB	$	—	$	515,312
Shurgard	252,648		313,451
Total	$	252,648	$	828,763

	Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities for the
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
PSB	$	3,586	$	27,110	$	80,596	$	62,494
Shurgard	4,594		5,750		19,533		18,888
Total	$	8,180	$	32,860	$	100,129	$	81,382

Investment in PSB

Prior to the sale of our equity investment in PSB in its entirety on July 20, 2022, we owned 7,158,354 shares of PSB’s common stock and 7,305,355 limited partnership units in an operating partnership controlled by PSB, representing a 41% common equity interest in PSB.

On April 24, 2022, PSB entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger whereby affiliates of Blackstone agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of PSB’s common stock for $187.50 per share in cash. On July 20, 2022, PSB announced that it completed the merger transaction with Blackstone. Each share of PSB common stock and each common unit of partnership interest we held in PSB were converted into the right to receive the merger consideration of $187.50 per share or unit, including a $5.25 closing cash dividend per share or unit, and a $0.22 prorated quarterly cash dividend per share or unit, for a total of $187.72 per share or unit. At the close of the merger transaction, we received a total of $2.7 billion of cash proceeds and recognized a gain of $2.1 billion, which was classified within gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc. in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

We classified the proceeds from the merger consideration of $2.6 billion or $182.25 per share or unit within cash flows from investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received cash distributions from PSB totaling $109.5 million and $45.6 million, respectively, which were classified within cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Investment in Shurgard

Throughout all periods presented, we effectively owned, directly and indirectly 31,268,459 Shurgard common shares, representing a 35% equity interest in Shurgard.

Based upon the closing price at September 30, 2022 (€41.60 per share of Shurgard common stock, at 0.980 exchange rate of U.S. Dollars to the Euro), the shares we owned had a market value of approximately $1.3 billion.

Our equity in earnings of Shurgard comprised our equity share of Shurgard’s net income, less amortization of the Shurgard Basis Differential (defined below). For each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received $2.6 million of trademark license fees that Shurgard pays to us for the use of the Shurgard® trademark. We eliminated $0.9 million of intra-entity profits and losses for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and

2021, representing our equity share of the trademark license fees. We classify the remaining license fees we receive from Shurgard as interest and other income on our income statement.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received cash dividends from Shurgard totaling $37.8 million and $21.5 million, respectively. Approximately $13.7 million and $8.8 million of total cash distributions from Shurgard during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, represented distributions in excess of cumulative equity in earnings from Shurgard, which was classified within cash flows from investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

At September 30, 2022, our investment in Shurgard’s real estate assets exceeded our pro-rata share of the underlying amounts on Shurgard’s balance sheet by approximately $65.7 million ($74.7 million at December 31, 2021). This differential (the “Shurgard Basis Differential”) includes our basis adjustments in Shurgard’s real estate assets net of related deferred income taxes. The Shurgard Basis Differential is being amortized as a reduction to equity in earnings of the Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities. Such amortization totaled approximately $9.0 million and $7.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Shurgard is a publicly held entity trading on Euronext Brussels under the symbol “SHUR”.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	At September 30, 2022						At December 31, 2021
	Gross Book Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Book Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Goodwill	$	165,843	$	—	$	165,843	$	165,843	$	—	$	165,843
Shurgard® Trade Name	18,824		—		18,824		18,824		—		18,824
Finite-lived intangible assets, subject to amortization	196,617		(141,473)		55,144		198,180		(79,953)		118,227
Total goodwill and other intangible assets	$	381,284	$	(141,473)	$	239,811	$	382,847	$	(79,953)	$	302,894

Finite-lived intangible assets consist primarily of acquired customers in place. Amortization expense related to intangible assets subject to amortization was $20.0 million and $78.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and $23.3 million and $49.0 million for the same periods in 2021. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, intangibles increased $15.1 million in connection with the acquisition of real estate facilities. (Note 3).

The estimated future amortization expense for our finite-lived intangible assets at September 30, 2022 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Year	Amount
Remainder of 2022	$	15,830
2023	30,074
Thereafter	9,240
Total	$	55,144

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Credit Facility	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]
Credit Facility	Credit FacilityWe have a revolving credit agreement (the “Credit Facility”) with a $500 million borrowing limit that matures on April 19, 2024. Amounts drawn on the Credit Facility bear annual interest at rates ranging from LIBOR plus 0.7% to LIBOR plus 1.350% depending upon the ratio of our Total Indebtedness to Gross Asset Value (as defined in the Credit Facility) (LIBOR plus 0.75% at September 30, 2022). We are also required to pay a quarterly facility fee ranging from 0.07% per annum to 0.25% per annum depending upon the ratio of our Total Indebtedness to our Gross Asset Value (0.10% per annum at September 30, 2022). At September 30, 2022 and November 1, 2022, we had no outstanding borrowings under this Credit Facility. We had undrawn standby letters of credit, which reduce our borrowing capacity, totaling $18.6 million at September 30, 2022 ($21.2 million at December 31, 2021). The Credit Facility has various customary restrictive covenants, with which we were in compliance at September 30, 2022.

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Notes Payable

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Notes Payable [Abstract]

Notes Payable

Notes Payable

Our notes payable are reflected net of issuance costs (including original issue discounts), which are amortized as interest expense on the effective interest method over the term of each respective note. Our notes payable at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are set forth in the tables below:

			Amounts at September 30, 2022
	Coupon Rate	Effective Rate	Principal		Unamortized Costs		Book  Value		Fair  Value
			($ amounts in thousands)
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 23, 2024	SOFR+0.47%	1.766%	$	700,000	$	(1,101)	$	698,899	$	685,550
Notes due February 15, 2026	0.875%	1.030%	500,000		(2,507)		497,493		436,666
Notes due November 9, 2026	1.500%	1.640%	650,000		(3,574)		646,426		573,097
Notes due September 15, 2027	3.094%	3.218%	500,000		(2,624)		497,376		459,630
Notes due May 1, 2028	1.850%	1.962%	650,000		(3,768)		646,232		543,338
Notes due November 9, 2028	1.950%	2.044%	550,000		(2,939)		547,061		459,260
Notes due May 1, 2029	3.385%	3.459%	500,000		(2,024)		497,976		450,179
Notes due May 1, 2031	2.300%	2.419%	650,000		(5,869)		644,131		517,641
Notes due November 9, 2031	2.250%	2.322%	550,000		(3,224)		546,776		430,706
			5,250,000		(27,630)		5,222,370		4,556,067
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 12, 2024	1.540%	1.540%	97,984		—		97,984		94,290
Notes due November 3, 2025	2.175%	2.175%	237,135		—		237,135		227,663
Notes due September 9, 2030	0.500%	0.640%	685,890		(8,890)		677,000		513,593
Notes due January 24, 2032	0.875%	0.978%	489,921		(4,992)		484,929		354,996
			1,510,930		(13,882)		1,497,048		1,190,542
Mortgage Debt, secured by 10 real estate facilities with a net book value of $57.5 million	3.811%	3.811%	21,033		—		21,033		20,703
			$	6,781,963	$	(41,512)	$	6,740,451	$	5,767,312

	Amounts at
	December 31, 2021
	Book Value		Fair Value
	($ amounts in thousands)
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due September 15, 2022	$	499,637	$	506,362
Notes due April 23, 2024	698,372		700,314
Notes due February 15, 2026	496,939		488,141
Notes due November 9, 2026	645,773		649,996
Notes due September 15, 2027	496,980		535,206
Notes due May 1, 2028	645,724		649,221
Notes due November 9, 2028	546,701		548,241
Notes due May 1, 2029	497,743		545,580
Notes due May 1, 2031	643,617		656,546
Notes due November 9, 2031	546,512		551,932
	5,717,998		5,831,539
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 12, 2024	113,431		117,526
Notes due November 3, 2025	274,518		295,256
Notes due September 9, 2030	784,287		769,561
Notes due January 24, 2032	561,761		551,842
	1,733,997		1,734,185
Mortgage Debt	23,284		24,208
	$	7,475,279	$	7,589,932

U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Notes

On August 15, 2022, the Company redeemed its 2.370% Senior Notes due September 15, 2022, with an aggregate principal amount of $500.0 million.

The U.S. Dollar denominated unsecured notes (the “U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Notes”) have various financial covenants, with which we were in compliance at September 30, 2022. Included in these covenants are (a) a maximum Debt to Total Assets of 65% (approximately 14% at September 30, 2022) and (b) a minimum ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Interest Expense of 1.5x (approximately 25x for the twelve months ended September 30, 2022) as well as covenants limiting the amount we can encumber our properties with mortgage debt.

Euro Denominated Unsecured Notes

Our Euro denominated unsecured notes (the “Euro Notes”) consist of four tranches: (i) €242.0 million issued to institutional investors on November 3, 2015, (ii) €100.0 million issued to institutional investors on April 12, 2016, (iii) €500.0 million issued in a public offering on January 24, 2020, and (iv) €700.0 million issued in a public offering on September 9, 2021. The Euro Notes have financial covenants similar to those of the U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Notes.

We reflect changes in the U.S. Dollar equivalent of the amount payable including the associated interest, as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates as “Foreign currency exchange gain” on our income statement (gains of $100.9 million and $239.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to gains of $40.9 million and $73.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively).

Mortgage Notes

We assumed our non-recourse mortgage debt in connection with property acquisitions, and we recorded such debt at fair value with any premium or discount to the stated note balance amortized using the effective interest method.

At September 30, 2022, the related contractual interest rates of our mortgage notes are fixed, ranging between 3.2% and 7.1%, and mature between February 1, 2023 and July 1, 2030.

At September 30, 2022, approximate principal maturities of our Notes Payable are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Unsecured Debt		Mortgage Debt		Total
Remainder of 2022	$	—	$	212	$	212
2023	—		19,219		19,219
2024	797,984		124		798,108
2025	237,135		131		237,266
2026	1,150,000		138		1,150,138
Thereafter	4,575,811		1,209		4,577,020
	$	6,760,930	$	21,033	$	6,781,963
Weighted average effective rate	1.9%		3.8%		1.9%

Cash paid for interest totaled $87.6 million and $49.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Interest capitalized as real estate totaled $4.2 million and $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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Noncontrolling Interests

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling Interests

There are noncontrolling interests related to several subsidiaries we consolidate of which we do not own 100% of the equity. At September 30, 2022, certain of these subsidiaries have issued 499,966 partnership units to third-parties that are convertible on a one-for-one basis (subject to certain limitations) into common shares of the Company at the option of the unitholder. These include a total of 54,137 partnership units of $19.9 million issued to third-parties in connection with our acquisition of self-storage properties in the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

At March 31, 2022, there were 254,833 partnership units of $83.8 million classified as redeemable noncontrolling interests outside of total equity in our consolidated balance sheets, because the unitholders of these partnership units had the right to require redemption of their partnership units in cash if common shares of the Company were not publicly listed. In the second quarter of 2022, the related partnership agreements were amended with such cash redemption feature removed from these partnership units. We therefore reclassified $83.8 million from redeemable noncontrolling interests to noncontrolling interests in total equity during the three months ended June 30, 2022.

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Shareholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

Shareholders’ Equity

Preferred Shares

At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had the following series of Cumulative Preferred Shares (“Preferred Shares”) outstanding:

				At September 30, 2022			At December 31, 2021
Series	Earliest Redemption Date	Dividend Rate		Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference		Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference
				(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Series F	6/2/2022	5.150	%	11,200	$	280,000	11,200	$	280,000
Series G	8/9/2022	5.050	%	12,000	300,000		12,000	300,000
Series H	3/11/2024	5.600	%	11,400	285,000		11,400	285,000
Series I	9/12/2024	4.875	%	12,650	316,250		12,650	316,250
Series J	11/15/2024	4.700	%	10,350	258,750		10,350	258,750
Series K	12/20/2024	4.750	%	9,200	230,000		9,200	230,000
Series L	6/17/2025	4.625	%	22,600	565,000		22,600	565,000
Series M	8/14/2025	4.125	%	9,200	230,000		9,200	230,000
Series N	10/6/2025	3.875	%	11,300	282,500		11,300	282,500
Series O	11/17/2025	3.900	%	6,800	170,000		6,800	170,000
Series P	6/16/2026	4.000	%	24,150	603,750		24,150	603,750
Series Q	8/17/2026	3.950	%	5,750	143,750		5,750	143,750
Series R	11/19/2026	4.000	%	17,400	435,000		17,400	435,000
Series S	1/13/2027	4.100	%	10,000	250,000		—	—
Total Preferred Shares				174,000	$	4,350,000	164,000	$	4,100,000

The holders of our Preferred Shares have general preference rights with respect to liquidation, quarterly distributions, and any accumulated unpaid distributions. Except as noted below, holders of the Preferred Shares do not have voting rights. In the event of a cumulative arrearage equal to six quarterly dividends, holders of all outstanding series of preferred shares (voting as a single class without regard to series) will have the right to elect two additional members to serve on our Board of Trustees (our “Board”) until the arrearage has been cured. At September 30, 2022, there were no dividends in arrears. The affirmative vote of at least 66.67% of the outstanding shares of a series of Preferred Shares is required for any material and adverse amendment to the terms of such series. The affirmative vote of at least 66.67% of the outstanding shares of all of our Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, is required to issue shares ranking senior to our Preferred Shares.

Except under certain conditions relating to the Company’s qualification as a REIT, the Preferred Shares are not redeemable prior to the dates indicated on the table above. On or after the respective dates, each of the series of Preferred Shares is redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, at $25.00 per depositary share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends. Holders of the Preferred Shares cannot require us to redeem such shares.

Upon issuance of our Preferred Shares, we classify the liquidation value as preferred equity on our consolidated balance sheet with any issuance costs recorded as a reduction to Paid-in capital.

On January 13, 2022, we issued 10.0 million depositary shares, each representing 0.001 of a share of our 4.100% Series S Preferred Shares, at an issuance price of $25.00 per depositary share, for a total of $250.0 million in gross proceeds, and we incurred $7.2 million in issuance costs.

Dividends

Common share dividends paid, including amounts paid to our restricted share unitholders, totaled $2.7 billion ($15.15 per share) and $351.2 million ($2.00 per share) for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $3.4 billion ($19.15 per share) and $1.05 billion ($6.00 per share) for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Included in common share dividends paid for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 is $2.3 billion of a special cash dividend (“Special Dividend”) of $13.15 per common share paid on August 4, 2022 in connection with the sale of our equity investment in PSB on July 20, 2022. Preferred share dividends paid totaled $48.7 million and $46.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $145.7 million and $138.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

At September 30, 2022, Tamara Hughes Gustavson, a current member of our Board, held less than a 0.1% equity interest in, and is a manager of, a limited liability company that owns 65 self-storage facilities in Canada. Two of Ms. Gustavson’s adult children owned the remaining equity interest in the limited liability company. These facilities operate under the Public Storage® tradename, which we license to the owners of these facilities for use in Canada on a royalty-free, non-exclusive basis. We have no ownership interest in these facilities and we do not own or operate any facilities in Canada. If we chose to acquire or develop our own facilities in Canada, we would have to share the use of the Public Storage® name in Canada. We have a right of first refusal, subject to limitations, to acquire the stock or assets of the corporation engaged in the operation of these facilities if their owners agree to sell them. Our subsidiaries reinsure risks relating to loss of goods stored by customers in these facilities, and have received premium payments of approximately $1.7 million and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

On July 8, 2022, we acquired from PSB the commercial interests in five properties at three sites jointly occupied with certain of our self-storage facilities located in Maryland and Virginia, for $47.3 million. We recognized $27.0 million of real estate assets and $0.7 million of intangibles for the properties acquired, representing the cost of these commercial properties that we did not have interest in through our equity investment in PSB. We recognized the remaining $19.6 million as an increase in our basis in our equity investment in PSB, which represents the elimination of our portion of the gain recorded by PSB.

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Share-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation

Under various share-based compensation plans and under terms established or modified by our Board or a committee thereof, we grant equity awards to trustees, officers, and key employees, including non-qualified options to purchase the Company’s common shares, restricted share units (“RSUs”), deferred stock units (“DSUs”), and unrestricted common stock issued in lieu of trustee compensation.

We recorded share-based compensation expense associated with our equity awards in the various expense categories in the Consolidated Statements of Income as set forth in the following table. In addition, $0.4 million and $2.4 million share-based compensation cost was capitalized as real estate facilities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to $0.8 million and $3.1 million for the same periods of 2021, respectively.

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(Amounts in thousands)
Self-storage cost of operations	$	4,203	$	4,506	$	13,740	$	16,272
Ancillary cost of operations	203		342		690		1,122
General and administrative	9,335		9,747		30,167		30,291
Total	$	13,741	$	14,595	$	44,597	$	47,685

Included in share-based compensation is $2.9 million and $12.4 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to $4.8 million and $15.8 million for the same periods in 2021, of retirement acceleration as discussed in Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

As of September 30, 2022, there was $96.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based compensation arrangements. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of three years.

Stock Options

We have service-based, performance-based and market-based stock options outstanding, which generally vest over 3 to 5 years, expire 10 years after the grant date, and have an exercise price equal to the closing trading price of our common shares on the grant date. New shares are issued for options exercised. Employees cannot require the Company to settle their award in cash.

On August 4, 2022, we paid a Special Dividend of $13.15 per common share to shareholders of record as of August 1, 2022. Stock options that were outstanding at the time of the Special Dividend were adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Company’s equity and performance-based incentive compensation plans that provide for equitable adjustments in the event of an extraordinary cash dividend. The anti-dilution adjustments proportionately increased the number of outstanding stock options and reduced the exercise prices of outstanding stock options by a conversion rate of 1.03275, resulting in an increase of 104,348 stock options outstanding. The adjustments did not result in incremental share-based compensation expense.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, 142,683 stock options were granted, 146,608 options were exercised, and no options were forfeited. In addition, we expect an incremental 61,250 stock options to be issued based on the estimated achievement of performance targets on our multi-year performance-based stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. A total of 3,201,624 stock options were outstanding at September 30, 2022 (3,039,951 at December 31, 2021).

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we granted 65,000 stock options in connection with non-management trustee compensation. For the remaining 77,683 stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, vesting is dependent upon meeting certain market conditions over the three-year period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024, with continued service-based vesting through the first quarter of 2027. These stock options require relative achievement of the Company’s total shareholder return as compared to the weighted average total shareholder return of specified peer groups and can result in grantees earning up to 200% of the target options originally granted.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we incurred share-based compensation cost for outstanding stock options of $4.2 million and $15.8 million, respectively, as compared to $5.5 million and $20.5 million for the same periods in 2021.

Restricted Share Units

We have service-based, performance-based and market-based RSUs outstanding, which generally vest over 5 to 8 years from the grant date. Upon vesting, the grantee receives new common shares equal to the number of vested RSUs, less common shares withheld to satisfy the grantee’s statutory tax liabilities arising from the vesting. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, 27,943 RSUs were granted, 18,487 RSUs were forfeited and 76,818 RSUs vested. The vesting resulted in the issuance of 55,079 common shares. A total of 503,460 RSUs were outstanding at September 30, 2022 (570,822 at December 31, 2021).

Included in the RSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are 21,985 RSUs where vesting is dependent upon meeting certain market conditions over a three-year period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024, with continued service-based vesting through the first quarter of 2027. The amount of these RSUs that are earned and vested, if any, will be based, in addition to continued employment requirements, on the Company's

relative total shareholder return over the three-year period as compared to the weighted average total shareholder return of the specified peer groups and can result in grantees earning up to 200% of the target RSUs originally granted.

Also included in the RSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are 5,958 service-based RSUs.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we incurred share-based compensation cost for RSUs of $9.7 million and $30.6 million, respectively, as compared to $9.6 million and $29.4 million for the same periods in 2021.

Trustee Deferral Program

Non-management trustees may elect to receive all or a portion of their cash retainers in cash, shares of unrestricted common stock, or fully-vested DSUs to be settled at a specified future date. Shares of unrestricted stock and/or DSUs will be granted to the non-management trustee on the last day of each calendar quarter based on the cash retainer earned for that quarter and converted into a number of shares or units based on the applicable closing price of our common shares on such date. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we granted 1,742 DSUs and 310 shares of unrestricted common stock.

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Net Income per Common Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income per Common Share

Net Income per Common Share

We allocate net income to (i) noncontrolling interests based upon their contractual rights in the respective subsidiaries or for participating noncontrolling interests based upon their participation in both distributed and undistributed earnings of the Company, (ii) preferred shareholders, for distributions paid or payable, (iii) preferred shareholders, to the extent redemption cost exceeds the related original net issuance proceeds (an “preferred share redemption charge”), and (iv) RSUs, for non-forfeitable dividends paid and adjusted for participation rights in undistributed earnings of the Company.

We calculate basic and diluted net income per common share based upon net income allocable to common shareholders, divided by (i) weighted average common shares for basic net income per common share, and (ii) weighted average common shares adjusted for the impact of dilutive stock options outstanding for diluted net income per common share. Potentially dilutive stock options representing 147,344 shares of common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, because their effect would have been antidilutive.

The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted net income per common shares computation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Numerator for basic and dilutive net income per common share – net income allocable to common shareholders	$	2,712,161	$	442,327	$	3,779,666	$	1,174,386
Denominator for basic net income per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	175,283		174,926		175,227		174,787
Net effect of dilutive stock options - based on treasury stock method	1,045		880		1,098		611
Denominator for dilutive net income per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	176,328		175,806		176,325		175,398
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	15.47	$	2.53	$	21.57	$	6.72
Dilutive	$	15.38	$	2.52	$	21.44	$	6.70

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

Our operating segments reflect the significant components of our operations where discrete financial information is evaluated separately by our chief operating decision maker.

Self-Storage Operations

The Self-Storage Operations reportable segment reflects the aggregated rental operations from the self-storage facilities we own from (i) Same Store Facilities, (ii) Acquired Facilities, (iii) Developed and Expanded Facilities, and (iv) Other Non-Same Store Facilities. The presentation in the table below sets forth the Net Operating Income (“NOI”) of this reportable segment, as well as the related depreciation expense. For all periods presented, substantially all of our real estate facilities, goodwill and other intangible assets, other assets, and accrued and other liabilities are associated with the Self-Storage Operations reportable segment.

Ancillary Operations

The Ancillary Operations reflects the combined operations of our tenant reinsurance, merchandise sales, and third party property management operating segments.

Presentation of Segment Information

The following table reconciles NOI and net income attributable to our reportable segment to our consolidated net income:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(amounts in thousands)
Self-Storage Operations Reportable Segment
Revenue	$	1,027,374	$	840,510	$	2,917,675	$	2,333,850
Cost of operations	(255,470)		(216,999)		(738,953)		(631,699)
Net operating income	771,904		623,511		2,178,722		1,702,151
Depreciation and amortization	(220,772)		(188,552)		(661,608)		(508,139)
Net income	551,132		434,959		1,517,114		1,194,012
Ancillary Operations
Revenue	60,757		54,421		175,946		157,658
Cost of operations	(21,572)		(19,735)		(54,297)		(52,044)
Net operating income	39,185		34,686		121,649		105,614
Total net income allocated to segments	590,317		469,645		1,638,763		1,299,626
Other items not allocated to segments:
General and administrative	(29,501)		(31,682)		(81,401)		(78,996)
Interest and other income	12,736		3,356		26,394		9,321
Interest expense	(34,113)		(23,736)		(100,178)		(60,980)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	8,180		32,860		100,129		81,382
Foreign currency exchange gain	100,170		40,906		237,270		73,584
Gain on sale of real estate	1,503		279		1,503		13,683
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,128,860		—		2,128,860		—
Net income	$	2,778,152	$	491,628	$	3,951,340	$	1,337,620

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Commitments And Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Contingent Losses

We are a party to various legal proceedings and subject to various claims and complaints; however, we believe that the likelihood of these contingencies resulting in a material loss to the Company, either individually or in the aggregate, is remote.

Insurance and Loss Exposure

We carry property, earthquake, general liability, employee medical insurance, and workers compensation coverage through internationally recognized insurance carriers, subject to deductibles. Our deductible for general liability is $2.0 million per occurrence. Our annual deductible for property loss is $25.0 million per occurrence. This deductible decreases to $5.0 million once we reach $35.0 million in aggregate losses for occurrences that exceed $5.0 million. Insurance carriers’ aggregate limits on these policies of $75.0 million for property losses and $102.0 million for general liability losses are higher than estimates of maximum probable losses that could occur from individual catastrophic events determined in recent engineering and actuarial studies; however, in case of multiple catastrophic events, these limits could be exceeded.

We reinsure a program that provides insurance to our customers from an independent third-party insurer. This program covers customer claims for losses to goods stored at our facilities as a result of specific named perils (earthquakes are not covered by this program), up to a maximum limit of $5,000 per storage unit. We reinsure all risks in this program, but purchase insurance to cover this exposure for a limit of $15.0 million for losses in excess of $5.0 million per occurrence. We are subject to licensing requirements and regulations in all states. Customers participate in the program at their option. At September 30, 2022, there were approximately 1.2 million certificates held by our self-storage customers, representing aggregate coverage of approximately $5.6 billion.

Commitments

We have construction commitments representing future expected payments for construction under contract totaling $265.7 million at September 30, 2022. We expect to pay approximately $71.4 million in the remainder of 2022, $185.8 million in 2023 and $8.5 million in 2024 for these construction commitments.

We have future contractual payments on land, equipment and office space under various lease commitments totaling $64.1 million at September 30, 2022. We expect to pay approximately $0.7 million in the remainder of 2022, $3.1 million in each of 2023 and 2024, $3.0 million in each of 2025 and 2026 and $51.2 million thereafter for these commitments.

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Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Subsequent EventsSubsequent to September 30, 2022, we acquired or were under contract to acquire 33 self-storage facilities across six states with 1.7 million net rentable square feet, for $262.6 million.

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

We have prepared the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In our opinion, the interim consolidated financial statements presented herein reflect all adjustments, primarily of a normal recurring nature, that are necessary to present fairly the interim consolidated financial statements. Because they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements, these interim consolidated financial statements should be read together with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Disclosures of the number and square footage of facilities, as well as the number and coverage of tenant reinsurance policies (Note 14) are unaudited and outside the scope of our independent registered public accounting firm’s review of our financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (U.S.).

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022.

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Real Estate Facilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Real Estate [Abstract]

Schedule of Real Estate Activities

Activity in real estate facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
	(Amounts in thousands)
Operating facilities, at cost:
Beginning balance	$	22,807,833
Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities	329,253
Acquisitions	514,541
Dispositions	(1,704)
Developed or expanded facilities opened for operation	125,971
Ending balance	23,775,894
Accumulated depreciation:
Beginning balance	(7,773,308)
Depreciation expense	(574,374)
Dispositions	1,084
Ending balance	(8,346,598)
Construction in process:
Beginning balance	272,471
Costs incurred to develop and expand real estate facilities	259,854
Developed or expanded facilities opened for operation	(125,971)
Ending balance	406,354
Total real estate facilities at September 30, 2022	$	15,835,650

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Schedule of Investments in Real Estate Entities And Equity in Earnings of Real Estate Entities

The following tables set forth our investments in, and equity in earnings of, the Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (amounts in thousands):

	Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities at
	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
PSB	$	—	$	515,312
Shurgard	252,648		313,451
Total	$	252,648	$	828,763

	Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities for the
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
PSB	$	3,586	$	27,110	$	80,596	$	62,494
Shurgard	4,594		5,750		19,533		18,888
Total	$	8,180	$	32,860	$	100,129	$	81,382

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	At September 30, 2022						At December 31, 2021
	Gross Book Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Book Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Goodwill	$	165,843	$	—	$	165,843	$	165,843	$	—	$	165,843
Shurgard® Trade Name	18,824		—		18,824		18,824		—		18,824
Finite-lived intangible assets, subject to amortization	196,617		(141,473)		55,144		198,180		(79,953)		118,227
Total goodwill and other intangible assets	$	381,284	$	(141,473)	$	239,811	$	382,847	$	(79,953)	$	302,894

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense

The estimated future amortization expense for our finite-lived intangible assets at September 30, 2022 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Year	Amount
Remainder of 2022	$	15,830
2023	30,074
Thereafter	9,240
Total	$	55,144

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Notes Payable (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Notes Payable [Abstract]

Notes Payable

Our notes payable at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are set forth in the tables below:

			Amounts at September 30, 2022
	Coupon Rate	Effective Rate	Principal		Unamortized Costs		Book  Value		Fair  Value
			($ amounts in thousands)
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 23, 2024	SOFR+0.47%	1.766%	$	700,000	$	(1,101)	$	698,899	$	685,550
Notes due February 15, 2026	0.875%	1.030%	500,000		(2,507)		497,493		436,666
Notes due November 9, 2026	1.500%	1.640%	650,000		(3,574)		646,426		573,097
Notes due September 15, 2027	3.094%	3.218%	500,000		(2,624)		497,376		459,630
Notes due May 1, 2028	1.850%	1.962%	650,000		(3,768)		646,232		543,338
Notes due November 9, 2028	1.950%	2.044%	550,000		(2,939)		547,061		459,260
Notes due May 1, 2029	3.385%	3.459%	500,000		(2,024)		497,976		450,179
Notes due May 1, 2031	2.300%	2.419%	650,000		(5,869)		644,131		517,641
Notes due November 9, 2031	2.250%	2.322%	550,000		(3,224)		546,776		430,706
			5,250,000		(27,630)		5,222,370		4,556,067
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 12, 2024	1.540%	1.540%	97,984		—		97,984		94,290
Notes due November 3, 2025	2.175%	2.175%	237,135		—		237,135		227,663
Notes due September 9, 2030	0.500%	0.640%	685,890		(8,890)		677,000		513,593
Notes due January 24, 2032	0.875%	0.978%	489,921		(4,992)		484,929		354,996
			1,510,930		(13,882)		1,497,048		1,190,542
Mortgage Debt, secured by 10 real estate facilities with a net book value of $57.5 million	3.811%	3.811%	21,033		—		21,033		20,703
			$	6,781,963	$	(41,512)	$	6,740,451	$	5,767,312

	Amounts at
	December 31, 2021
	Book Value		Fair Value
	($ amounts in thousands)
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due September 15, 2022	$	499,637	$	506,362
Notes due April 23, 2024	698,372		700,314
Notes due February 15, 2026	496,939		488,141
Notes due November 9, 2026	645,773		649,996
Notes due September 15, 2027	496,980		535,206
Notes due May 1, 2028	645,724		649,221
Notes due November 9, 2028	546,701		548,241
Notes due May 1, 2029	497,743		545,580
Notes due May 1, 2031	643,617		656,546
Notes due November 9, 2031	546,512		551,932
	5,717,998		5,831,539
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt
Notes due April 12, 2024	113,431		117,526
Notes due November 3, 2025	274,518		295,256
Notes due September 9, 2030	784,287		769,561
Notes due January 24, 2032	561,761		551,842
	1,733,997		1,734,185
Mortgage Debt	23,284		24,208
	$	7,475,279	$	7,589,932

Maturities Of Notes Payable

At September 30, 2022, approximate principal maturities of our Notes Payable are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Unsecured Debt		Mortgage Debt		Total
Remainder of 2022	$	—	$	212	$	212
2023	—		19,219		19,219
2024	797,984		124		798,108
2025	237,135		131		237,266
2026	1,150,000		138		1,150,138
Thereafter	4,575,811		1,209		4,577,020
	$	6,760,930	$	21,033	$	6,781,963
Weighted average effective rate	1.9%		3.8%		1.9%

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Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of Preferred Shares

At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had the following series of Cumulative Preferred Shares (“Preferred Shares”) outstanding:

				At September 30, 2022			At December 31, 2021
Series	Earliest Redemption Date	Dividend Rate		Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference		Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference
				(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Series F	6/2/2022	5.150	%	11,200	$	280,000	11,200	$	280,000
Series G	8/9/2022	5.050	%	12,000	300,000		12,000	300,000
Series H	3/11/2024	5.600	%	11,400	285,000		11,400	285,000
Series I	9/12/2024	4.875	%	12,650	316,250		12,650	316,250
Series J	11/15/2024	4.700	%	10,350	258,750		10,350	258,750
Series K	12/20/2024	4.750	%	9,200	230,000		9,200	230,000
Series L	6/17/2025	4.625	%	22,600	565,000		22,600	565,000
Series M	8/14/2025	4.125	%	9,200	230,000		9,200	230,000
Series N	10/6/2025	3.875	%	11,300	282,500		11,300	282,500
Series O	11/17/2025	3.900	%	6,800	170,000		6,800	170,000
Series P	6/16/2026	4.000	%	24,150	603,750		24,150	603,750
Series Q	8/17/2026	3.950	%	5,750	143,750		5,750	143,750
Series R	11/19/2026	4.000	%	17,400	435,000		17,400	435,000
Series S	1/13/2027	4.100	%	10,000	250,000		—	—
Total Preferred Shares				174,000	$	4,350,000	164,000	$	4,100,000

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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation Expense

We recorded share-based compensation expense associated with our equity awards in the various expense categories in the Consolidated Statements of Income as set forth in the following table. In addition, $0.4 million and $2.4 million share-based compensation cost was capitalized as real estate facilities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to $0.8 million and $3.1 million for the same periods of 2021, respectively.

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(Amounts in thousands)
Self-storage cost of operations	$	4,203	$	4,506	$	13,740	$	16,272
Ancillary cost of operations	203		342		690		1,122
General and administrative	9,335		9,747		30,167		30,291
Total	$	13,741	$	14,595	$	44,597	$	47,685

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Net Income per Common Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income Per Common Share

The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted net income per common shares computation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Numerator for basic and dilutive net income per common share – net income allocable to common shareholders	$	2,712,161	$	442,327	$	3,779,666	$	1,174,386
Denominator for basic net income per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	175,283		174,926		175,227		174,787
Net effect of dilutive stock options - based on treasury stock method	1,045		880		1,098		611
Denominator for dilutive net income per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	176,328		175,806		176,325		175,398
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	15.47	$	2.53	$	21.57	$	6.72
Dilutive	$	15.38	$	2.52	$	21.44	$	6.70

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary Of Segment Information

The following table reconciles NOI and net income attributable to our reportable segment to our consolidated net income:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(amounts in thousands)
Self-Storage Operations Reportable Segment
Revenue	$	1,027,374	$	840,510	$	2,917,675	$	2,333,850
Cost of operations	(255,470)		(216,999)		(738,953)		(631,699)
Net operating income	771,904		623,511		2,178,722		1,702,151
Depreciation and amortization	(220,772)		(188,552)		(661,608)		(508,139)
Net income	551,132		434,959		1,517,114		1,194,012
Ancillary Operations
Revenue	60,757		54,421		175,946		157,658
Cost of operations	(21,572)		(19,735)		(54,297)		(52,044)
Net operating income	39,185		34,686		121,649		105,614
Total net income allocated to segments	590,317		469,645		1,638,763		1,299,626
Other items not allocated to segments:
General and administrative	(29,501)		(31,682)		(81,401)		(78,996)
Interest and other income	12,736		3,356		26,394		9,321
Interest expense	(34,113)		(23,736)		(100,178)		(60,980)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	8,180		32,860		100,129		81,382
Foreign currency exchange gain	100,170		40,906		237,270		73,584
Gain on sale of real estate	1,503		279		1,503		13,683
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,128,860		—		2,128,860		—
Net income	$	2,778,152	$	491,628	$	3,951,340	$	1,337,620

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Description of the Business (Narrative) (Details) ft² in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022 ft² storage_facility country state	Jul. 20, 2022
Shurgard
Nature Of Business [Line Items]
PSA number of self-storage facilities | storage_facility	259
Net rentable area (in square feet)	14.0
Ownership interest (percentage)	35.00%
Number of countries in which entity operates | country	7
PSB
Nature Of Business [Line Items]
Ownership interest (percentage)		41.00%
Public Storage
Nature Of Business [Line Items]
PSA number of self-storage facilities | storage_facility	2,836
Net rentable area (in square feet)	202.2
Number of states with facilities | state	40
Public Storage | Commercial and Retail Space
Nature Of Business [Line Items]
Net rentable area (in square feet)	1.2

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Real Estate Facilities (Schedule of Real Estate Activities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Operating facilities, at cost:
Beginning balance (Operating facilities, at cost)	$ 22,807,833
Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities	329,253
Acquisitions	514,541
Dispositions	(1,704)
Developed or expanded facilities opened for operation	125,971
Ending balance (Operating facilities, at cost)	23,775,894
Accumulated depreciation:
Beginning balance (Accumulated depreciation)	(7,773,308)
Depreciation expense	(574,374)
Dispositions	1,084
Ending balance (Accumulated depreciation)	(8,346,598)
Construction in process:
Beginning balance (Construction in process)	272,471
Costs incurred to develop and expand real estate facilities	259,854
Developed or expanded facilities opened for operation	(125,971)
Ending balance (Construction in process)	406,354
Total real estate facilities	$ 15,835,650	$ 15,306,996

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Real Estate Facilities (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands, ft² in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 08, 2022 USD ($) site property	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) ft² storage_facility	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Schedule Of Real Estate Facilities [Line Items]
Payments to acquire real estate				$ 529,357	$ 2,845,284
Proceeds from real estate and real estate joint ventures				1,543	16,070
Gain on sale of real estate		$ 1,503	$ 279	1,503	$ 13,683
Disposal of Real Estate Facilities
Schedule Of Real Estate Facilities [Line Items]
Gain on sale of real estate				$ 1,500
Acquisition of Self-Storage Facilities Other Investments
Schedule Of Real Estate Facilities [Line Items]
Number of operating self-storage facilities | storage_facility				44
Net rentable area acquired | ft²				3.2
Total cost of acquisition				$ 501,900
Payments to acquire real estate				482,000
Issuance of partnership units				19,900
Payments to acquire intangible assets				14,400
Newly Developed and Expansion Projects | Completed Developed and Expansion Project
Schedule Of Real Estate Facilities [Line Items]
Aggregate costs to develop and expand				$ 126,000
Additional net rentable square feet | ft²				0.9
Commercial Interests
Schedule Of Real Estate Facilities [Line Items]
Total cost of acquisition	$ 47,300
Number of properties acquired | property	5
Number of sites in commercial interest acquisition | site	3
Real estate investments, net	$ 27,000
Intangible assets, gross (excluding goodwill)	700
Increase of equity investment	$ 19,600

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (Schedule Of Investments In Real Estate Entities And Equity In Earnings Of Real Estate Entities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	$ 252,648		$ 252,648		$ 828,763
Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Real Estate	8,180	$ 32,860	100,129	$ 81,382
PSB
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	0		0		515,312
Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Real Estate	3,586	27,110	80,596	62,494
Shurgard
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities	252,648		252,648		$ 313,451
Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Real Estate	$ 4,594	$ 5,750	$ 19,533	$ 18,888

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (Investment in PSB) (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 20, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.				$ 2,636,011	$ 0
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.		$ 2,128,860	$ 0	2,128,860	0
Cash distribution received				134,460	59,251
PSB | Blackstone Real Estate
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Business acquisition, share price (in dollars per share)	$ 187.50
Business acquisition, closing cash dividend (in dollars per share)	5.25
Business acquisition, prorated quarterly cash dividend (in dollars per share)	0.22
Business acquisition, share price with closing and prorated quarterly dividend (in dollars per share)	187.72
Business acquisition, share price merger consideration (in dollars per share)	$ 182.25
PSB
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Common stock owned of PSB (in shares)	7,158,354
Limited partnership units in PSB (in shares)	7,305,355
Ownership interest (percentage)	41.00%
Cash distribution received				109,500	45,600
PSB | Blackstone Real Estate
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	$ 2,700,000			$ 2,600,000
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	$ 2,100,000
Shurgard
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Common stock owned of PSB (in shares)		31,268,459		31,268,459		31,268,459
Ownership interest (percentage)		35.00%		35.00%
Cash distribution received				$ 37,800	21,500
Shurgard | Trademark License
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash distribution received				$ 900	$ 900

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (Investment In Shurgard) (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 € / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Exchange rate translation (percentage)	0.980
Distributions from cumulative equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	$ 134,460	$ 59,251
Distributions in excess of cumulative equity in earnings from unconsolidated real estate entities	$ 13,670	8,765
Shurgard
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Common stock owned of Shurgard (in shares) | shares	31,268,459			31,268,459
Ownership interest (percentage)	35.00%
Closing price per share (in Euros per share) | € / shares			€ 41.60
Market value	$ 1,300,000
License fees received	2,600	2,600
Distributions from cumulative equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	37,800	21,500
Distributions in excess of cumulative equity in earnings from unconsolidated real estate entities	13,700	8,800
Basis differential	65,700			$ 74,700
Amortization of basis differential	$ 9,000	$ 7,300

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill, gross	$ 165,843	$ 165,843
Goodwill, net	165,843	165,843
Gross Book Value	196,617	198,180
Accumulated Amortization	(141,473)	(79,953)
Total	55,144	118,227
Gross Book Value	381,284	382,847
Net Book Value	239,811	302,894
Trade Names
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	$ 18,824	$ 18,824

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Amortization expense	$ 20.0	$ 23.3	$ 78.2	$ 49.0
Increase in finite-lived intangible assets			$ 15.1

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Remainder of 2022	$ 15,830
2023	30,074
Thereafter	9,240
Total	$ 55,144	$ 118,227

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Credit Facility (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Nov. 01, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Credit Facility
Schedule Of Debt [Line Items]
Credit Facility borrowing capacity	$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Interest rate spread	0.75%
Facility fee percentage	0.10%
Outstanding borrowings	$ 0	0
Standby Letters of Credit
Schedule Of Debt [Line Items]
Undrawn standby letters of credit	$ 18,600,000	$ 18,600,000		$ 21,200,000
Minimum | Credit Facility
Schedule Of Debt [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		0.70%
Facility fee percentage		0.07%
Maximum | Credit Facility
Schedule Of Debt [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		1.35%
Facility fee percentage		0.25%
Subsequent Event | Credit Facility
Schedule Of Debt [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings			$ 0

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Notes Payable (Notes Payable) (Details)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) company	Aug. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	$ 6,781,963,000
Unamortized Costs	(41,512,000)
Book Value	6,740,451,000		$ 7,475,279,000
Fair Value	5,767,312,000		7,589,932,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	5,250,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(27,630,000)
Book Value	5,222,370,000		5,717,998,000
Fair Value	$ 4,556,067,000		5,831,539,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due September 15, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate		2.37%
Principal		$ 500,000,000
Book Value			499,637,000
Fair Value			506,362,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due April 23, 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective Rate	1.766%
Principal	$ 700,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(1,101,000)
Book Value	698,899,000		698,372,000
Fair Value	$ 685,550,000		700,314,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due February 15, 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	0.875%
Effective Rate	1.03%
Principal	$ 500,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(2,507,000)
Book Value	497,493,000		496,939,000
Fair Value	$ 436,666,000		488,141,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due November 9, 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	1.50%
Effective Rate	1.64%
Principal	$ 650,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(3,574,000)
Book Value	646,426,000		645,773,000
Fair Value	$ 573,097,000		649,996,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due September 15, 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	3.094%
Effective Rate	3.218%
Principal	$ 500,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(2,624,000)
Book Value	497,376,000		496,980,000
Fair Value	$ 459,630,000		535,206,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due May 1, 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	1.85%
Effective Rate	1.962%
Principal	$ 650,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(3,768,000)
Book Value	646,232,000		645,724,000
Fair Value	$ 543,338,000		649,221,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due November 9, 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	1.95%
Effective Rate	2.044%
Principal	$ 550,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(2,939,000)
Book Value	547,061,000		546,701,000
Fair Value	$ 459,260,000		548,241,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due May 1, 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	3.385%
Effective Rate	3.459%
Principal	$ 500,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(2,024,000)
Book Value	497,976,000		497,743,000
Fair Value	$ 450,179,000		545,580,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due May 1, 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	2.30%
Effective Rate	2.419%
Principal	$ 650,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(5,869,000)
Book Value	644,131,000		643,617,000
Fair Value	$ 517,641,000		656,546,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due November 9, 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	2.25%
Effective Rate	2.322%
Principal	$ 550,000,000
Unamortized Costs	(3,224,000)
Book Value	546,776,000		546,512,000
Fair Value	$ 430,706,000		551,932,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | SOFR | Notes due April 23, 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	0.47%
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	$ 1,510,930,000
Unamortized Costs	(13,882,000)
Book Value	1,497,048,000		1,733,997,000
Fair Value	$ 1,190,542,000		1,734,185,000
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due April 12, 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	1.54%
Effective Rate	1.54%
Principal	$ 97,984,000
Unamortized Costs	0
Book Value	97,984,000		113,431,000
Fair Value	$ 94,290,000		117,526,000
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due November 3, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	2.175%
Effective Rate	2.175%
Principal	$ 237,135,000
Unamortized Costs	0
Book Value	237,135,000		274,518,000
Fair Value	$ 227,663,000		295,256,000
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due September 9, 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	0.50%
Effective Rate	0.64%
Principal	$ 685,890,000
Unamortized Costs	(8,890,000)
Book Value	677,000,000		784,287,000
Fair Value	$ 513,593,000		769,561,000
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due January 24, 2032
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon Rate	0.875%
Effective Rate	0.978%
Principal	$ 489,921,000
Unamortized Costs	(4,992,000)
Book Value	484,929,000		561,761,000
Fair Value	$ 354,996,000		551,842,000
Mortgage Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of real estate facilities securing debt | company	10
Net book value of real estate facilities securing notes payable	$ 57,500,000
Coupon Rate	3.811%
Effective Rate	3.811%
Principal	$ 21,033,000
Unamortized Costs	0
Book Value	21,033,000		23,284,000
Fair Value	$ 20,703,000		$ 24,208,000

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Notes Payable (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tranche	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tranche	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tranche	Aug. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 09, 2021 EUR (€)	Jan. 24, 2020 EUR (€)	Apr. 12, 2016 EUR (€)	Nov. 03, 2015 EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 6,781,963,000		$ 6,781,963,000		$ 6,781,963,000
Foreign currency exchange gain	$ 100,170,000	$ 40,906,000	237,270,000	$ 73,584,000
Cash paid for interest expense			87,600,000	49,800,000
Interest capitalized as real estate			$ 4,200,000	2,600,000
Mortgage Debt | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.20%		3.20%		3.20%
Mortgage Debt | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	7.10%		7.10%		7.10%
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 5,250,000,000		$ 5,250,000,000		$ 5,250,000,000
Debt to Total Assets ratio	14.00%		14.00%		14.00%
Adjusted EBTIDA to interest Expense ratio					25
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Adjusted EBTIDA to interest Expense ratio					1.5
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due September 15, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate						2.37%
Total debt						$ 500,000,000
U.S. Dollar Denominated Unsecured Debt | Maximum Covenant
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt to Total Assets ratio	65.00%		65.00%		65.00%
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 1,510,930,000		$ 1,510,930,000		$ 1,510,930,000
Number of tranches | tranche	4		4		4
Foreign currency exchange gain	$ 100,900,000	$ 40,900,000	$ 239,200,000	$ 73,600,000
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due November 3, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.175%		2.175%		2.175%
Total debt	$ 237,135,000		$ 237,135,000		$ 237,135,000
Debt issuance amount | €										€ 242,000,000
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due April 12, 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.54%		1.54%		1.54%
Total debt	$ 97,984,000		$ 97,984,000		$ 97,984,000
Debt issuance amount | €									€ 100,000,000
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due January 24, 2032
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	0.875%		0.875%		0.875%
Total debt	$ 489,921,000		$ 489,921,000		$ 489,921,000
Debt issuance amount | €								€ 500,000,000
Euro Denominated Unsecured Debt | Notes due September 9, 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	0.50%		0.50%		0.50%
Total debt	$ 685,890,000		$ 685,890,000		$ 685,890,000
Debt issuance amount | €							€ 700,000,000

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Notes Payable (Maturities Of Notes Payable) (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 6,781,963
Total
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remainder of 2022	212
2023	19,219
2024	798,108
2025	237,266
2026	1,150,138
Thereafter	4,577,020
Total debt	$ 6,781,963
Weighted average effective rate	1.90%
Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remainder of 2022	$ 0
2023	0
2024	797,984
2025	237,135
2026	1,150,000
Thereafter	4,575,811
Total debt	$ 6,760,930
Weighted average effective rate	1.90%
Mortgage Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remainder of 2022	$ 212
2023	19,219
2024	124
2025	131
2026	138
Thereafter	1,209
Total debt	$ 21,033
Weighted average effective rate	3.80%

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Noncontrolling Interests (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares
Acquisition of Self Storage Facilities to Date
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Issuance of partnership units | $	$ 83.8	$ 83.8
Acquisition of Self-Storage Facilities Other Investments
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Issuance of partnership units | $			$ 19.9
Noncontrolling Interests
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Convertible partnership units (in shares)			499,966
Partnership units conversion ratio			1
Noncontrolling Interests | Acquisition of Self Storage Facilities to Date
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Convertible partnership units (in shares)	254,833
Noncontrolling Interests | Acquisition of Self-Storage Facilities Other Investments
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Convertible partnership units (in shares)			54,137

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Shareholders' Equity (Preferred Shares Outstanding) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 13, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		174,000	164,000
Liquidation Preference		$ 4,350,000	$ 4,100,000
Series F Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Jun. 02, 2022
Dividend Rate		5.15%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		11,200	11,200
Liquidation Preference		$ 280,000	$ 280,000
Series G Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Aug. 09, 2022
Dividend Rate		5.05%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		12,000	12,000
Liquidation Preference		$ 300,000	$ 300,000
Series H Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Mar. 11, 2024
Dividend Rate		5.60%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		11,400	11,400
Liquidation Preference		$ 285,000	$ 285,000
Series I Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Sep. 12, 2024
Dividend Rate		4.875%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		12,650	12,650
Liquidation Preference		$ 316,250	$ 316,250
Series J Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Nov. 15, 2024
Dividend Rate		4.70%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		10,350	10,350
Liquidation Preference		$ 258,750	$ 258,750
Series K Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Dec. 20, 2024
Dividend Rate		4.75%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		9,200	9,200
Liquidation Preference		$ 230,000	$ 230,000
Series L Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Jun. 17, 2025
Dividend Rate		4.625%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		22,600	22,600
Liquidation Preference		$ 565,000	$ 565,000
Series M Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Aug. 14, 2025
Dividend Rate		4.125%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		9,200	9,200
Liquidation Preference		$ 230,000	$ 230,000
Series N Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Oct. 06, 2025
Dividend Rate		3.875%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		11,300	11,300
Liquidation Preference		$ 282,500	$ 282,500
Series O Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Nov. 17, 2025
Dividend Rate		3.90%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		6,800	6,800
Liquidation Preference		$ 170,000	$ 170,000
Series P Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Jun. 16, 2026
Dividend Rate		4.00%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		24,150	24,150
Liquidation Preference		$ 603,750	$ 603,750
Series Q Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Aug. 17, 2026
Dividend Rate		3.95%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		5,750	5,750
Liquidation Preference		$ 143,750	$ 143,750
Series R Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Nov. 19, 2026
Dividend Rate		4.00%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		17,400	17,400
Liquidation Preference		$ 435,000	$ 435,000
Series S Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Earliest Redemption Date		Jan. 13, 2027
Dividend Rate	4.10%	4.10%
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		10,000	0
Liquidation Preference	$ 250,000	$ 250,000	$ 0

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Shareholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2022 $ / shares	Jan. 13, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) dividend board_member $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of quarterly dividends in arrearage before preferred shareholders can elect additional board members | dividend					6
Number of additional board members the preferred shareholders can elect in the case of an excess arrearage of quarterly dividends | board_member					2
Amount of preferred dividends in arrears					$ 0
Affirmative vote of outstanding shares of a series of Preferred Shares required for any material and adverse amendment to the terms of series, percent					66.67%
Affirmative vote of outstanding shares of all Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, required to issue shares ranking senior to Preferred Shares, percent					66.67%
Redemption price per share (in USD per share) | $ / shares			$ 25.00		$ 25.00
Liquidation Preference			$ 4,350,000,000		$ 4,350,000,000		$ 4,100,000,000
Common stock dividends paid in aggregate			$ 2,700,000,000	$ 351,200,000	$ 3,400,000,000	$ 1,050,000,000.00
Distributions to common shareholders and restricted share unitholders (in USD per share) | $ / shares			$ 15.15	$ 2.00	$ 19.15	$ 6.00
Preferred share dividends			$ 48,678,000	$ 46,237,000	$ 145,716,000	$ 138,500,000
Special Dividend
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock dividends paid in aggregate			2,300,000,000		$ 2,300,000,000
Common stock, dividends, per share, cash paid (in USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 13.15
Series S Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock issued during period (in shares) | shares		10,000,000
Preferred shares per depositary share (in shares) | shares		0.001
Dividend rate percentage		4.10%			4.10%
Shares issued (in USD per share) | $ / shares		$ 25.00
Liquidation Preference		$ 250,000,000	$ 250,000,000		$ 250,000,000		$ 0
Issuance costs		$ 7,200,000

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Related Party Transactions (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 08, 2022 USD ($) site property	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) adult_children storage_facility	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tenants reinsurance premiums earned by subsidiaries		$ 1,700	$ 1,500
Proceeds from sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.		$ 2,636,011	$ 0
Commercial Interests
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of sites in commercial interest acquisition | site	3
Total cost of acquisition	$ 47,300
Real estate investments, net	27,000
Intangible assets, gross (excluding goodwill)	$ 700
Number of properties acquired | property	5
Canada | Hughes Owned Canadian Facilities
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of self-storage facilities | storage_facility		65
Number of ms. gustavson's adult children owning remaining equity in LLC | adult_children		2
Ownership interest by parent		0.00%
Canada | Hughes Owned Canadian Facilities | Tamara Hughes Gustavson
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest of noncontrolling owners (less than)		0.10%

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Share-Based Compensation (Share-Based Compensation Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
Share-based compensation cost capitalized	$ 400	$ 800	$ 2,400	$ 3,100
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed, Amount [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	13,741	14,595	44,597	47,685
Self-storage cost of operations
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed, Amount [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	4,203	4,506	13,740	16,272
Ancillary cost of operations
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed, Amount [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	203	342	690	1,122
General and administrative
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed, Amount [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	$ 9,335	$ 9,747	$ 30,167	$ 30,291

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Share-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2022 $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accelerated compensation expense | $		$ 2,900	$ 4,800	$ 12,400	$ 15,800
Unrecognized compensation cost | $		$ 96,800		$ 96,800
Compensation recognition period (in years)				3 years
Anti-dilution adjustments of outstanding stock options, convertible, conversion ratio	1.03275
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, outstanding, number, increase (decrease)(in shares)	104,348
Stock options granted (in shares)				142,683
Stock options exercised (in shares)				146,608
Stock options forfeited (in shares)				0
Stock options incremental payout (in shares)		61,250		61,250
Stock options outstanding (in shares)		3,201,624		3,201,624		3,039,951
Share-based compensation expense | $		$ 13,741	14,595	$ 44,597	47,685
Special Dividend
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, dividends, per share, cash paid (in USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 13.15
Non-Management Trustee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options granted (in shares)				65,000
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period (in years)				10 years
Share-based compensation expense | $		$ 4,200	5,500	$ 15,800	20,500
Performance Target, Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options granted (in shares)				77,683
Award performance period				3 years
Percentage of target options originally granted (percentage)		200.00%		200.00%
Restricted Share Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense | $		$ 9,700	$ 9,600	$ 30,600	$ 29,400
Grants in period (in shares)				27,943
Forfeited in period (in shares)				18,487
Vested (in shares)				76,818
Issuance of common shares in connection with share-based compensation, net of taxes paid upon net share settlement of restricted share units (in shares)				55,079
Restricted share units outstanding (in shares)		503,460		503,460		570,822
Performance Target, Restricted Share Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award performance period				3 years
Grants in period (in shares)				21,985
Percentage of target options originally granted (percentage)		200.00%		200.00%
Service-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants in period (in shares)				5,958
Deferred Stock Units (DSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants in period (in shares)				1,742
Unrestricted Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants in period (in shares)				310
Minimum | Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)				3 years
Minimum | Restricted Share Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)				5 years
Maximum | Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)				5 years
Maximum | Restricted Share Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)				8 years

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Net Income per Common Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	147,344		147,344
Numerator for basic and dilutive net income per common share – net income allocable to common shareholders	$ 2,712,161	$ 442,327	$ 3,779,666	$ 1,174,386
Denominator for basic net income per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	175,283,000	174,926,000	175,227,000	174,787,000
Net effect of dilutive stock options - based on treasury stock method	1,045,000	880,000	1,098,000	611,000
Denominator for dilutive net income per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	176,328,000	175,806,000	176,325,000	175,398,000
Basic (in USD per share)	$ 15.47	$ 2.53	$ 21.57	$ 6.72
Diluted (in USD per share)	$ 15.38	$ 2.52	$ 21.44	$ 6.70

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Segment Information (Summary Of Segment Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 1,088,131	$ 894,931	$ 3,093,621	$ 2,491,508
Depreciation and amortization	(220,772)	(188,552)	(661,608)	(508,139)
General and administrative	(29,501)	(31,682)	(81,401)	(78,996)
Interest and other income	12,736	3,356	26,394	9,321
Interest expense	(34,113)	(23,736)	(100,178)	(60,980)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	8,180	32,860	100,129	81,382
Foreign currency exchange gain	100,170	40,906	237,270	73,584
Foreign currency exchange gain			236,698	73,584
Gain on sale of real estate	1,503	279	1,503	13,683
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,128,860	0	2,128,860	0
Net income	2,778,152	491,628	3,951,340	1,337,620
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net income	590,317	469,645	1,638,763	1,299,626
Segment Reconciling Items
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
General and administrative	(29,501)	(31,682)	(81,401)	(78,996)
Interest and other income	12,736	3,356	26,394	9,321
Interest expense	(34,113)	(23,736)	(100,178)	(60,980)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities	8,180	32,860	100,129	81,382
Foreign currency exchange gain	100,170	40,906	237,270	73,584
Gain on sale of real estate	1,503	279	1,503	13,683
Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.	2,128,860	0	2,128,860	0
Self-Storage Operations Reportable Segment | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	1,027,374	840,510	2,917,675	2,333,850
Cost of operations	(255,470)	(216,999)	(738,953)	(631,699)
Net operating income	771,904	623,511	2,178,722	1,702,151
Depreciation and amortization	(220,772)	(188,552)	(661,608)	(508,139)
Net income	551,132	434,959	1,517,114	1,194,012
Ancillary Operations | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	60,757	54,421	175,946	157,658
Net operating income	39,185	34,686	121,649	105,614
Cost of operations	$ (21,572)	$ (19,735)	$ (54,297)	$ (52,044)

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Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) certificate in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) certificate
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Deductible for general liability	$ 2,000,000
Deductible for property	25,000,000
Reduced deductible for property	5,000,000
Aggregate loss threshold for reduced deductible for property	35,000,000
Minimum loss per occurrence to reach aggregate loss threshold for reduced deductible for property	5,000,000
Aggregate limit for property coverage	75,000,000
Aggregate limit for general liability coverage	102,000,000
Tenant insurance program against claims, maximum amount	5,000
Third-party insurance coverage for claims paid exceeding amount for individual event	15,000,000
Third-party limit for insurance coverage claims paid for individual event	$ 5,000,000
Number of tenant certificate holders participating in insurance program, approximate | certificate	1.2
Aggregate coverage of tenants participating in insurance program	$ 5,600,000,000
Construction commitments	265,700,000
Construction commitments remainder of 2022	71,400,000
Construction commitments 2023	185,800,000
Construction commitments 2024	8,500,000
Various lease commitments	64,100,000
Various lease commitments remainder of 2022	700,000
Various lease commitments 2023	3,100,000
Various lease commitments 2024	3,100,000
Various lease commitments 2025	3,000,000
Various lease commitments 2026	3,000,000
Various lease commitments thereafter	$ 51,200,000

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Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details) - Acquisition of Self-Storage Facilities Other Investments ft² in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2022 USD ($) ft² state storage_facility	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total cost of acquisition		$ 501.9
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of self-storage facilities acquired or under contract to be acquired | storage_facility	33
Number of states self-storage facilities acquired or under contracts to be acquired | state	6
Net rentable area (in square feet) | ft²	1.7
Total cost of acquisition	$ 262.6