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Investments in unconsolidated real Estate ventures.

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Percentage of secured obligation.

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A deposit made by a purchaser of real estate to evidence good faith. It is customary for a buyer to give the seller earnest money at the time a sales contract is signed. The earnest money generally is credited to the down payment at closing, which is applied at closing as a component of payment against the purchase price.

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions										12 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2023 CAD ($)	Jul. 05, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 12, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 12, 2023 CAD ($)	Jun. 01, 2022 USD ($)	May 25, 2022 USD ($)	May 25, 2022 CAD ($)	Apr. 30, 2021	Nov. 10, 2020 RealEstateVenture	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) RealEstateVenture Property	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 CAD ($) RealEstateVenture Property	Mar. 31, 2023 Property	Dec. 31, 2022 CAD ($)	Sep. 13, 2022 CAD ($)	Jun. 01, 2022 CAD ($)	Oct. 07, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 17, 2021 StorageFacility
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Purchase price										$ 10,500,000
Forfeit earnest money										$ 200,000
Increased amount															$ 120.0
Initial maximum amount available																	$ 700,000,000
Guarantee obligations recourse percentage										50.00%		50.00%
Potential Future JV
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Forfeit earnest money										$ 1,100,000
RBC JV Term Loan
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Outstanding amount										52,800,000		$ 70.0
Maturity date	Nov. 02, 2025
Term loan	$ 70.0
Percentage of joint venture property owned	50.00%
Fixed annual rate	6.21%
Percentage of secured obligation	50.00%
Loan amount	$ 68.9
SmartCentres Storage Finance LP \| Master Mortgage Commitment Agreement
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Outstanding amount										$ 43,300,000	$ 86,100,000	$ 57.3		$ 116.7
Initial maximum amount available										7.90%
Maturity date								May 11, 2024
Loan to value ratio										70.00%		70.00%
Regent Property
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage						50.00%	50.00%			50.00%		50.00%
Regent Property \| SmartCentres Storage Finance LP
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage						50.00%	50.00%
Whitby Property
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage			50.00%	50.00%
Whitby Property \| SmartCentres Storage Finance LP
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage			50.00%	50.00%
North Whitby Property
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Purchase Price Percentage			50.00%	50.00%
Purchase price			$ 2,000,000	$ 2.7
Canada
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated real estate ventures										$ 1,600,000	$ 800,000
Purchase Price Percentage										50.00%
Purchase price										$ 7,600,000
Canada \| Regent Property
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage										50.00%		50.00%
Canada \| Regent Property \| SmartCentres Storage Finance LP
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage										50.00%		50.00%
SST IV Merger Agreement
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Number of development joint venture properties \| Property													3
SST IV Merger Agreement \| Canada
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Number of self storage real estate joint ventures \| RealEstateVenture									6
Number of development joint venture properties \| StorageFacility																		3
Number of development real estate properties \| StorageFacility																		3
Regent Property
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Purchase Price Percentage						50.00%	50.00%
Purchase price						$ 2,700,000	$ 3.5
SSGT II Merger Agreement
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Number of development joint venture properties \| Property										1		1
Purchase price		$ 15,500,000			$ 261,158,513
SSGT II Merger Agreement \| SmartCentres Storage Finance LP
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Initial maximum amount available																$ 34.3
Guarantee obligations recourse percentage																50.00%
SSGT II Merger Agreement \| SmartCentres Storage Finance LP \| Dupont And Aurora Joint Venture Properties
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Interests																50.00%
SSGT II Merger Agreement \| Canada
Investments In Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Line Items]
Number of self storage real estate joint ventures \| RealEstateVenture										3
Number of development joint venture properties \| RealEstateVenture										2		2
Number of development real estate properties \| RealEstateVenture										1		1