SmartStop Self Storage (“SmartStop®”) is a leading provider of convenient and secure self-storage solutions offering state-of-the-art facilities with a wide variety of unit sizes to meet your storage needs.Based in Ladera Ranch, California, SmartStop operates more than 200 properties in 22 states, the District of Columbia, and four provinces Canada, totaling more than 16.7 million rentable square feet. Its portfolio of facilities includes 38 self-storage properties in Canada. SmartStop employs a fully integrated operations team of more than 525 self-storage professionals and is one of the largest self-storage operators in North America.SmartStop owns, operates, develops, and redevelops self-storage facilities. The SmartStop Self Storage brand was founded in 2009 by H. Michael Schwartz, its CEO and Executive Chairman.