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STORAGE FACILITIES (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
STORAGE FACILITIES
Storage facilities	$ 3,117,198us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost	$ 2,553,706us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(492,069)us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAccumulatedDepreciation	(398,536)us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAccumulatedDepreciation
Storage facilities, net (including VIE assets of $49,829 and $34,559 respectively)	2,625,129us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyNet	2,155,170us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyNet
Land
STORAGE FACILITIES
Storage facilities	545,393us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost / cube_ScheduleOfRealEstateInvestmentPropertyAxis = us-gaap_LandMember	465,680us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost / cube_ScheduleOfRealEstateInvestmentPropertyAxis = us-gaap_LandMember
Buildings and improvements
STORAGE FACILITIES
Storage facilities	2,304,653us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost / cube_ScheduleOfRealEstateInvestmentPropertyAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember	1,888,823us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost / cube_ScheduleOfRealEstateInvestmentPropertyAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
Equipment
STORAGE FACILITIES
Storage facilities	218,731us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost / cube_ScheduleOfRealEstateInvestmentPropertyAxis = us-gaap_EquipmentMember	158,000us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost / cube_ScheduleOfRealEstateInvestmentPropertyAxis = us-gaap_EquipmentMember
Construction in progress
STORAGE FACILITIES
Storage facilities	$ 48,421us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost / cube_ScheduleOfRealEstateInvestmentPropertyAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember	$ 41,203us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost / cube_ScheduleOfRealEstateInvestmentPropertyAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember

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