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NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS  
NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

12.  NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Interests in Consolidated Joint Ventures

Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries represent the ownership interests of third parties in the Company’s consolidated joint ventures. All consolidated joint ventures were formed to develop, own and operate new stores with the exception of Anoka, which was formed to acquire an existing store that had commenced operations. The following table summarizes the Company’s consolidated joint ventures, each of which are accounted for as VIEs:

CubeSmart

December 31, 2023

Number

Ownership

Total

Total

Related Party

Consolidated Joint Ventures

    

of Stores

    

Interest

Assets

Liabilities

Loans (1)

(in thousands)

New Rochelle Investors, LLC ("New Rochelle")

1

70%

$

23,732

$

283

$

1074 Raritan Road, LLC ("Clark")

1

90%

12,556

6,344

4,924

350 Main Street, LLC ("Port Chester")

1

90%

5,860

15

Astoria Investors, LLC ("Astoria")

1

70%

42,168

27,636

25,164

CS Lock Up Anoka, LLC ("Anoka")

1

50%

10,330

5,585

5,540

CS Valley Forge Village Storage, LLC ("VFV")

1

70%

20,319

15,859

15,771

CS Vienna, LLC ("Vienna")

1

80%

30,504

35,157

34,875

SH3, LLC ("SH3")

1

90%

37,122

272

8

$

182,591

$

91,151

$

86,274

(1)Related party loans represent amounts payable from the joint venture to the Company and are included in total liabilities within the table above. The loans and related party interest have been eliminated for consolidation purposes.

Operating Partnership Ownership

During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, 126,087, 475,046 and 5,519,233 OP Units, respectively, were redeemed for common shares of the Company.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, 1,300,462 and 1,426,549 OP Units, respectively, were owned by third parties. The per unit cash redemption amount of the outstanding OP Units owned by third parties was calculated based upon the closing price of the common shares of CubeSmart on the New York Stock Exchange on the final trading day of the year. Based on the Company’s evaluation of the redemption value of the redeemable noncontrolling interests, the Company has reflected these interests at the greater of the carrying value based on the accumulation of historical cost or the redemption value as of December 31, 2023 and 2022. The aggregate redemption value of the 1,300,462 OP Units owned by third parties as of December 31, 2023 was $60.3 million.