SmartStop is a self-managed REIT with a fully integrated operations team of approximately 400 self storage professionals focused on growing the SmartStop® Self Storage brand. SmartStop, through its indirect subsidiary SmartStop REIT Advisors, LLC, also sponsors other self storage programs. As of December 30, 2021, SmartStop is one of the largest self storage companies in North America, with an owned and managed portfolio of 162 properties in 19 states and Ontario, Canada and comprising approximately 109,000 units and 124 million rentable square feet. SmartStop and its affiliates own or manage 19 operating self storage properties in the Greater Toronto Area, which total approximately 16,200 units and 1.7 million rentable square feet. Additional information regarding SmartStop is available at www.smartstopselfstorage.com.In addition, SmartStop was recently awarded Newsweek’s Best Customer Service 2021 among Storage Center companies.