The percentage of capital interest in the Operating Partnership by the general partner.

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Area of a real estate property.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3255-108585

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Amount of cash inflow from capital contributions to an entity associated with a dividend reinvestment plan.

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Organization - Narratives (Details) $ in Thousands, ft² in Millions	3 Months Ended		39 Months Ended	75 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) ft² segment property tenant	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) ft² property tenant
Public Offering
Capital interest ownership in operating partnership	99.97%			99.97%
Additional Disclosures
Number of properties \| property	59			59
Number of tenants \| tenant	100			100
Area of real estate property (sqft) \| ft²	10.2			10.2
Number of reportable segments \| segment	3
Proceeds from issuance of shares \| $	$ 10,486	$ 10,578	$ 1,200,000
Class A common stock
Additional Disclosures
Proceeds from dividend reinvestment plan \| $				$ 125,200
Class C common stock
Additional Disclosures
Proceeds from dividend reinvestment plan \| $				$ 34,400
Operating Real Estate
Additional Disclosures
Area of real estate property (sqft) \| ft²	6.7			6.7
Self Storage \| Operating Real Estate
Additional Disclosures
Number of properties \| property	69			69
Multi-family \| Operating Real Estate
Additional Disclosures
Number of properties \| property	11			11