{"id":12149,"date":"2026-07-14T14:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=12149"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:47:09","slug":"smartstop-reit-affiliates-plan-merger-to-create-3-2-million-square-foot-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/smartstop-reit-affiliates-plan-merger-to-create-3-2-million-square-foot-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"SmartStop REIT Affiliates Plan Merger to Create 3.2 Million Square Foot Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12150 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SST6_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"133\" \/>Strategic Storage Trust VI (SST VI) and Strategic Storage Growth Trust III (SSGT III), both affiliated with SmartStop Self Storage REIT, have entered a definitive all-stock merger agreement under which SST VI will acquire SSGT III. The combined portfolio will encompass approximately 37 wholly owned facilities, 3.2 million net rentable square feet, and a total asset value of roughly $1.2 billion.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The transaction, which also includes joint venture interests and DST-sponsored properties, is expected to close in Q4 2026 pending SSGT III stockholder approval.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #f97033; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 14px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px; line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260714533420\/en\/Strategic-Storage-Trust-VI-Inc.-and-Strategic-Storage-Growth-Trust-III-Inc.-to-Combine-in-All-Stock-Merger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the Full Article<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source: BusinessWire<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategic Storage Trust VI (SST VI) and Strategic Storage Growth Trust III (SSGT III), both affiliated with SmartStop Self Storage REIT, have entered a definitive all-stock merger agreement under which SST VI will acquire SSGT III. The combined portfolio will encompass approximately 37 wholly owned facilities, 3.2 million net rentable square feet, and a total asset value of roughly $1.2 billion. The transaction, which also includes joint venture interests and DST-sponsored properties, is expected to close in Q4 2026 pending SSGT III stockholder approval. Read the Full Article Source: BusinessWire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,6,56],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12151,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12149\/revisions\/12151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}