{"id":12658,"date":"2026-09-29T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=12658"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:03:27","slug":"smartstop-announces-140-million-in-u-s-and-canada-strategic-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/smartstop-announces-140-million-in-u-s-and-canada-strategic-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"SmartStop Announces $140 Million in U.S. and Canada Strategic Investments"},"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-12659 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/smartshop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"122\" \/>SmartStop Self Storage REIT (NYSE: SMA) has announced approximately $140 million in strategic investments spanning the U.S. and Canada. The largest component is a USD $54 million investment in a Canadian joint venture encompassing 14 properties and 9,600 units, which positions SmartStop as Canada&#8217;s third-largest self-storage operator. Separate U.S. acquisitions in Las Vegas and Asheville account for approximately $37 million. The company also disclosed a preferred equity investment partnership and a noncore disposition program targeting $75 to $125 million in property sales starting in early 2027.<\/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;\">Full-year 2026 FFO guidance was raised modestly.<\/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\/20260928055272\/en\/SmartStop-Expands-North-American-Platform-Through-%24140-Million-of-Strategic-Investments-Amongst-Other-Initiatives-Driving-Accretive-Growth-on-a-Leverage-Neutral-Basis-Raises-2026-Same-Store-and-FFO-as-Adjusted-Guidance\" 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;\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: businesswire<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SmartStop Self Storage REIT (NYSE: SMA) has announced approximately $140 million in strategic investments spanning the U.S. and Canada. The largest component is a USD $54 million investment in a Canadian joint venture encompassing 14 properties and 9,600 units, which positions SmartStop as Canada&#8217;s third-largest self-storage operator. Separate U.S. acquisitions in Las Vegas and Asheville account for approximately $37 million. The company also disclosed a preferred equity investment partnership and a noncore disposition program targeting $75 to $125 million in property sales starting in early 2027. Full-year 2026 FFO guidance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,6,4,56],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12658"}],"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=12658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12660,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12658\/revisions\/12660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}