Strategic Storage Growth Trust 10-K 23 Mar 17 2016 FY Annual report Financial data

Document and Entity Information

Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 17, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2,016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Trading Symbol	ck0001575428
Entity Registrant Name	STRATEGIC STORAGE GROWTH TRUST, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	1,575,428
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 55,343,115
Class A Common stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		13,583,994
Class T Common stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		4,282,467

Consolidated Balance Sheets

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Real estate facilities:
Land	$ 24,315,650	$ 13,180,000
Buildings	57,722,965	42,338,012
Site improvements	5,542,989	4,811,387
Real estate facilities, gross	87,581,604	60,329,399
Accumulated depreciation	(3,300,523)	(1,157,113)
Real estate facilities, net	84,281,081	59,172,286
Construction in process	2,174,191	30,808
Real estate facilities, net	86,455,272	59,203,094
Cash and cash equivalents	3,642,631	6,600,046
Other assets, net	3,156,769	1,871,423
Debt issuance costs, net	292,160	801,005
Intangible assets, net	391,143	1,454,140
Total assets	93,937,975	69,929,708
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Secured debt, net	12,509,308	38,300,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	1,499,984	1,028,660
Due to affiliates	963,535	252,997
Distributions payable	305,764	20,700
Distributions payable to preferred unitholders in our Operating Partnership	0	1,042,394
Total liabilities	15,278,591	40,644,751
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Redeemable common stock	1,086,603	10,706
Preferred equity in our Operating Partnership	0	15,884,852
Equity:
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016 and 2015	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	92,442,198	20,735,425
Distributions	(2,010,167)	(37,073)
Accumulated deficit	(12,655,490)	(7,283,029)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(153,079)	0
Total Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. equity	77,633,786	13,418,017
Noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership	(61,005)	(28,618)
Total equity	77,572,781	13,389,399
Total liabilities and equity	93,937,975	69,929,708
Class A Common stock
Equity:
Common stock, Value	8,607	2,676
Total equity	8,607	2,676
Class T Common stock
Equity:
Common stock, Value	1,717	18
Total equity	$ 1,717	$ 18

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Pa

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Preferred Stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred Stock, shares authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Preferred Stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred Stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Class A Common stock
Common stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized	350,000,000	350,000,000
Common Stock, shares issued	8,607,246	2,676,239
Common Stock, shares outstanding	8,607,246	2,676,239
Class T Common stock
Common stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized	350,000,000	350,000,000
Common Stock, shares issued	1,716,957	18,086
Common Stock, shares outstanding	1,716,957	18,086

Consolidated Statements of Oper

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Self storage rental revenue	$ 9,240,486	$ 4,708,208	$ 641,036
Ancillary operating revenue	73,273	149,199	24,099
Total revenues	9,313,759	4,857,407	665,135
Operating expenses:
Property operating expenses	4,016,072	2,205,173	287,724
Property operating expenses - affiliates	982,736	558,250	104,394
General and administrative	1,865,419	1,224,892	463,234
Depreciation	2,169,600	1,161,013	183,604
Intangible amortization expense	1,128,959	946,146	254,715
Acquisition expense - affiliates	753,090	822,798	488,660
Other property acquisition expenses	255,834	289,824	102,742
Total operating expenses	11,171,710	7,208,096	1,885,073
Operating loss	(1,857,951)	(2,350,689)	(1,219,938)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(1,420,961)	(651,479)	(153,638)
Interest expense - debt issuance costs	(636,467)	(375,319)	(65,433)
Other	(39,995)	1,766	3,374
Net loss	(3,955,374)	(3,375,721)	(1,435,635)
Less: Distributions to preferred unitholders in our Operating Partnership	(1,365,704)	(1,893,841)	(422,282)
Less: Accretion of preferred equity costs	(76,724)	(296,548)	(88,304)
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership	25,341	100,338	128,964
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. common stockholders	(5,372,461)	(5,465,772)	(1,817,257)
Class A Common stock
Other income (expense):
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership	0	0	0
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. common stockholders	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Net loss per share-basic and diluted	$ (0.99)	$ (4.59)	$ (7.31)
Weighted average shares outstanding-basic and diluted	5,003,663	1,190,486	248,565
Class T Common stock
Other income (expense):
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. common stockholders	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Net loss per share-basic and diluted	$ (0.99)	$ (4.59)	$ 0
Weighted average shares outstanding-basic and diluted	442,316	1,250	0

Consolidated Statements of Comp

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net loss	$ (3,955,374)	$ (3,375,721)	$ (1,435,635)
Other comprehensive loss:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(153,079)	0	0
Comprehensive loss	(4,108,453)	(3,375,721)	(1,435,635)
Less: Distributions to preferred unitholders in our Operating Partnership	(1,365,704)	(1,893,841)	(422,282)
Less: Accretion of preferred equity costs	(76,724)	(296,548)	(88,304)
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Comprehensive loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership	25,904	100,338	128,964
Comprehensive loss attributable to Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. common stockholders	$ (5,524,977)	$ (5,465,772)	$ (1,817,257)

Consolidated Statements of Equi

Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($)	Total	Preferred Equity in our Operating Partnership	Additional Paid-in Capital	Distributions [Member]	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Total Strategic Storage Growth Trust,Inc.Equity	Noncontrolling Interests in our Operating Partnership	Class A Common stock	Class T Common stock	Redeemable Common Stock
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 202,000	$ 0	$ 1,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1,000	$ 201,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013									100	0
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock	6,995,157	0	6,994,416	0	0	0	6,995,157	0	$ 741	$ 0	0
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock (in shares)									740,714	0
Offering costs	(2,155,534)	0	(2,155,534)	0	0	0	(2,155,534)	0	$ 0	$ 0	0
Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan	0
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc.	(1,817,257)	0	0	0	(1,817,257)	0	(1,817,257)	0	0	0	0
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests	(128,964)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(128,964)	0	0	0
Gross proceeds from issuance of preferred equity in our Operating Partnership	0	10,263,581	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0
Preferred equity issuance costs	0	(443,581)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accretion of preferred equity issuance costs	0	88,304	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	3,095,402	9,908,304	4,839,882	0	(1,817,257)	0	3,023,366	72,036	$ 741	$ 0	0
Ending Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014									740,814	0
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock	18,920,107	0	18,918,202	0	0	0	18,920,107	0	$ 1,887	$ 18	0
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock (in shares)									1,887,318	17,951
Offering costs	(3,028,827)	0	(3,028,827)	0	0	0	(3,028,827)	0	$ 0	$ 0	0
Changes to redeemable common stock	(10,706)	0	(10,706)	0	0	0	(10,706)	0	0	0	10,706
Issuance of restricted stock	0	0	(6)	0	0	0	0	0	$ 6	$ 0	0
Issuance of restricted stock (in shares)									6,250	0
Distributions	(37,073)	0	0	(37,073)	0	0	(37,073)	0	$ 0	$ 0	0
Distribution of common stock	0	0	(41)	0	0	0	0	0	$ 41	$ 0	0
Distribution of common stock (in shares)									40,730	135
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(316)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(316)	$ 0	$ 0	0
Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan	10,706	0	10,705	0	0	0	10,706	0	$ 1	$ 0	0
Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan (in shares)									1,127	0
Stock based compensation expense	6,216	0	6,216	0	0	0	6,216	0	$ 0	$ 0	0
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc.	(5,465,772)	0	0	0	(5,465,772)	0	(5,465,772)	0	0	0	0
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests	(100,338)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(100,338)	0	0	0
Gross proceeds from issuance of preferred equity in our Operating Partnership	0	7,197,995	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0
Redemption of preferred equity in our Operating Partnership	0	(1,500,000)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preferred equity issuance costs	0	(17,995)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accretion of preferred equity issuance costs	0	296,548	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	13,389,399	15,884,852	20,735,425	(37,073)	(7,283,029)	0	13,418,017	(28,618)	$ 2,676	$ 18	10,706
Ending Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015									2,676,239	18,086
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock	80,418,755	0	80,411,258	0	0	0	80,418,755	0	$ 5,805	$ 1,692	0
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock (in shares)									5,804,542	1,692,172
Offering costs	(8,723,496)	0	(8,723,496)	0	0	0	(8,723,496)	0	$ 0	$ 0	0
Changes to redeemable common stock	(1,112,347)	0	(1,112,347)	0	0	0	(1,112,347)	0	0	0	1,112,347
Redemptions of common stock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$ 0	0	(36,450)
Redemptions of common stock (in shares)									0
Issuance of restricted stock	0	0	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	$ 2	$ 0	0
Issuance of restricted stock (in shares)									2,500	0
Distributions	(1,973,094)	0	0	(1,973,094)	0	0	(1,973,094)	0	$ 0	$ 0	0
Distribution of common stock	0	0	(20)	0	0	0	0	0	$ 19	$ 1	0
Distribution of common stock (in shares)									18,694	584
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(7,046)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(7,046)	$ 0	$ 0	0
Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan	$ 1,112,347	0	1,112,236	0	0	0	1,112,347	0	$ 105	$ 6	0
Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan (in shares)	113,000								105,271	6,115
Stock based compensation expense	$ 19,144	0	19,144	0	0	0	19,144	0	$ 0	$ 0	0
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc.	(5,372,461)	0	0	0	(5,372,461)	0	(5,372,461)	0	0	0	0
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests	(25,341)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(25,341)	0	0	0
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(153,079)	0	0	0	0	(153,079)	(153,079)	0	0	0	0
Redemption of preferred equity in our Operating Partnership	0	(15,961,576)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accretion of preferred equity issuance costs	0	76,724	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 77,572,781	$ 0	$ 92,442,198	$ (2,010,167)	$ (12,655,490)	$ (153,079)	$ 77,633,786	$ (61,005)	$ 8,607	$ 1,717	$ 1,086,603
Ending Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016									8,607,246	1,716,957

Consolidated Statements of Equ7

Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Class A Common stock
Distributions, per share	$ 0.35	$ 0.016
Class T Common stock
Distributions, per share	$ 0.35	$ 0.016

Consolidated Statements of Cash

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$ (3,955,374)	$ (3,375,721)	$ (1,435,635)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	3,935,026	2,380,225	503,752
Expense related to issuance of restricted stock	19,144	6,216	0
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents from changes in assets and liabilities:
Other assets, net	(300,273)	(501,401)	(62,967)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	690,502	747,237	222,537
Due to affiliates	(221,435)	70,733	174,291
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	167,590	(672,711)	(598,022)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of real estate	(25,389,653)	(42,871,250)	(19,350,000)
Additions to real estate facilities	(3,930,997)	(648,294)	(322,479)
Deposits on acquisitions of real estate facilities	(1,000,000)	(1,292,105)	(500,000)
Return of deposits on acquisitions of real estate facilities	331,714	500,000	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(29,988,936)	(44,311,649)	(20,172,479)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of revolving secured debt	7,950,000	28,754,614	9,545,386
Principal payments of revolving secured debt	(38,603,000)	0	0
Proceeds from the issuance of non-revolving secured debt	5,053,000	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of preferred equity in Operating Partnership	0	7,180,000	9,820,000
Redemption of preferred equity in our Operating Partnership	(15,961,576)	(1,500,000)	0
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock	79,620,048	18,961,011	6,935,157
Offering costs	(7,823,592)	(4,452,137)	(671,909)
Debt issuance costs	(320,166)	(772,189)	(367,314)
Distributions paid to preferred unitholders in our Operating Partnership	(2,408,098)	(1,081,208)	(192,521)
Distributions paid to common stockholders	(576,046)	(5,983)	0
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(6,683)	0	0
Net cash provided by financing activities	26,923,887	47,084,108	25,068,799
Impact of foreign exchange rate changes on cash	(59,956)	0	0
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	(2,957,415)	2,099,748	4,298,298
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	6,600,046	4,500,298	202,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	3,642,631	6,600,046	4,500,298
Supplemental disclosures and non-cash transactions:
Cash paid for interest	1,589,570	594,587	116,191
Interest capitalized	152,651	0	0
Supplemental disclosure of noncash activities:
Other assets included in due to affiliates	0	0	87,405
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in other assets	818,167	25,640	60,000
Offering costs included in due to affiliates	939,946	7,973	1,422,210
Offering costs included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	20,637	58,886	61,415
Debt issuance costs included in due to affiliates	0	0	165,542
Debt issuance cost included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	0	0	55,630
Distributions payable to preferred unitholders in our Operating Partnership	0	873,809	229,761
Stock distributions of common stock	20	41	0
Issuance of shares pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan	1,112,347	10,706	0
Redemptions of common stock	36,450	0	0
Issuance of restricted stock	2	6	0
Preferred equity issuance costs	$ 0	$ 17,995	$ 443,581

Organization

Organization	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Organization	Note 1. Organization Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), was formed on March 12, 2013 under the Maryland General Corporation Law for the purpose of engaging in the business of investing in self storage facilities. The Company’s year-end Strategic Storage Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SSH”), was the sponsor of our Private Offering (as defined below) through August 31, 2014. Effective August 31, 2014, SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. (“SmartStop”), entered into a series of transactions, agreements and amendments to its existing agreements and arrangements (such agreements and amendments hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Self Administration and Investment Management Transaction”) with SSH and its affiliates, pursuant to which, effective August 31, 2014, SmartStop acquired the self storage advisory, asset management, property management and investment management businesses of SSH. The transactions included an acquisition of SSH’s sole membership interest in SmartStop Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly Strategic Storage Realty Group, LLC), which owns 97.5% of the economic interests (and 100% of the voting membership interests) of SS Growth Advisor, LLC (our “Advisor”) and owns 100% of SS Growth Property Management, LLC (our “Property Manager”). On October 1, 2015, SmartStop and Extra Space Storage Inc. (“Extra Space”), along with subsidiaries of each of SmartStop and Extra Space, closed on a merger transaction (the “Merger”) in which SmartStop was acquired by Extra Space for $13.75 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of approximately $1.4 billion. At the closing of the Merger, SmartStop Asset Management, LLC, the owner of our Property Manager and majority and sole voting member of our Advisor, was sold to an entity controlled by H. Michael Schwartz, our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, and became our sponsor (our “Sponsor”). The former executive management team of SmartStop continued to serve on the executive management team for our Sponsor. In addition, our former management team continues to serve on our management team, as well as the management team of our Advisor and Property Manager. We have no employees. Our Advisor, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on March 12, 2013. Our Advisor is responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day On May 31, 2013, our Advisor purchased 100 shares of our common stock for $1,000 and became our initial stockholder. Our Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended, authorizes 350,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share and 350,000,000 shares of Class T common stock, $0.001 par value per share and 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001. On June 17, 2013, we commenced a private placement offering to accredited investors only for a maximum of $109.5 million in shares of common stock, including shares being offered pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan (the “Private Offering”). On May 23, 2014, we satisfied the minimum offering requirements of $1 million from our Private Offering and commenced formal operations. We terminated the Private Offering on January 16, 2015. We raised gross offering proceeds of approximately $7.8 million from the issuance of approximately 830,000 shares pursuant to the Private Offering. On January 20, 2015 we commenced a public offering of a maximum of $1.0 billion in common shares for sale to the public (the “Primary Offering”) and $95.0 million in common shares for sale pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan (collectively, the “Public Offering”). On September 28, 2015, we revised our Primary Offering and are now offering two classes of shares of common stock: Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Class A Shares”) and Class T common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Class T Shares”). As of December 31, 2016, we had sold approximately 8.5 million Class A Shares and approximately 1.7 million Class T Shares in our Public and Private Offerings for gross proceeds of approximately $89.5 million and approximately $17.9 million, respectively. We intend to invest the net proceeds from our offerings primarily in opportunistic self storage facilities, which may include facilities to be developed, currently under development or in lease-up On April 8, 2016, our board of directors, upon recommendation of its nominating and corporate governance committee, approved an estimated value per share of our common stock of $10.05 for our Class A Shares and Class T Shares based on the estimated value of our assets less the estimated value of our liabilities, or net asset value, divided by the number of shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis, calculated as of December 31, 2015. See Item 5 for a description of the methodologies and assumptions used to determine, and the limitations of, the estimated value per share. As a result of the calculation of our estimated value per share, effective on April 14, 2016, the offering price of Class A Shares increased from $10.00 per share to $11.17 per share and the offering price of Class T Shares increased from $9.47 per share to $10.58 per share. Our board of directors determined the new per share offering price of each class of stock by taking the $10.05 estimated value per share and adding the per share up-front On November 7, 2016, our board of directors extended the termination date of our initial public offering from January 19, 2017 until January 19, 2018, which is three years after the effective date of our initial public offering. Our board of directors reserves the right to further extend the initial public offering, in certain circumstances, or terminate our initial public offering at any time prior to January 19, 2018. On February 19, 2017, our board of directors approved the close of our Primary Offering upon us reaching the $200 million threshold in our Primary Offering. See our Current Report on Form 8-K Our operating partnership, SS Growth Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (our “Operating Partnership”), was formed on March 13, 2013. During 2013, our Advisor purchased a limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership totaling $201,000 and on May 31, 2013, we contributed the initial $1,000 capital contribution we received to our Operating Partnership in exchange for the general partner interest. Our Operating Partnership owns, directly or indirectly through one or more special purpose entities, all of the self storage properties that we have acquired and the self storage properties we will acquire in the future. As of December 31, 2016, we owned approximately 99.8% of the common units of limited partnership interests of our Operating Partnership. The remaining approximate 0.2% of the common units are owned by our Advisor. Our Operating Partnership had issued approximately 700,000 Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units (the “Preferred Units”) to SSTI Preferred Investor, LLC (the “Preferred Investor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SmartStop Self Storage Operating Partnership, L.P., the former operating partnership of SmartStop, in exchange for an investment in our Operating Partnership of approximately $17.5 million. Such Preferred Units were owned by Extra Space subsequent to the Merger. As of December 31, 2016, we had redeemed all of the Preferred Units. As the sole general partner of our Operating Partnership, we have the exclusive power to manage and conduct the business of our Operating Partnership. We will conduct certain activities through our taxable REIT subsidiary, SS Growth TRS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “TRS”) which was formed on March 14, 2013, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership. Our Property Manager was formed on March 12, 2013 to manage our properties. Our Property Manager derives substantially all of its income from the property management services it performs for us. Our Property Manager may enter into sub-property sub-property sub-property ® re-branded ® Our dealer manager is Select Capital Corporation, a California corporation (our “Dealer Manager”). Our Dealer Manager is responsible for marketing our shares being offered pursuant to our Primary Offering. Our Chief Executive Officer owned, through a wholly-owned limited liability company, a 15% non-voting non-voting non-voting As we accept subscriptions for shares of our common stock, we transfer substantially all of the net offering proceeds to our Operating Partnership as capital contributions in exchange for additional units of interest in our Operating Partnership. However, we are deemed to have made capital contributions in the amount of gross proceeds received from investors, and our Operating Partnership is deemed to have simultaneously paid the sales commissions and other costs associated with the Public Offering. In addition, our Operating Partnership is structured to make distributions with respect to limited partnership units that are equivalent to the distributions made to holders of common stock. Finally, a limited partner in our Operating Partnership may later exchange his or her limited partnership units in our Operating Partnership for shares of our common stock at any time after one year following the date of issuance of their limited partnership units, subject to certain restrictions outlined in the limited partnership agreement of our Operating Partnership, as amended (the “Operating Partnership Agreement”). Our Advisor is prohibited from exchanging or otherwise transferring its limited partnership units so long as it is acting as our Advisor pursuant to our Advisory Agreement.

Summary of Significant Accounti

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as contained within the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC. Principles of Consolidation Our financial statements, and the financial statements of our Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The portion of these entities not wholly-owned by us is presented as noncontrolling interests. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Consolidation Considerations Current accounting guidance provides a framework for identifying a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and determining when a company should include the assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests, and results of activities of a VIE in its consolidated financial statements. In general, a VIE is an entity or other legal structure used to conduct activities or hold assets that either (1) has an insufficient amount of equity to carry out its principal activities without additional subordinated financial support, (2) has a group of equity owners that are unable to make significant decisions about its activities, or (3) has a group of equity owners that do not have the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns generated by its operations. Generally, a VIE should be consolidated if a party with an ownership, contractual, or other financial interest in the VIE (a variable interest holder) has the power to direct the VIE’s most significant activities and the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. A variable interest holder that consolidates the VIE is called the primary beneficiary. Upon consolidation, the primary beneficiary generally must initially record all of the VIE’s assets, liabilities, and noncontrolling interest at fair value and subsequently account for the VIE as if it were consolidated based on majority voting interest. In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, ASU 2015-02 As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, we had not entered into other contracts/interests that would be deemed to be variable interests in VIEs. Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Entities We account for the noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership in accordance with the related accounting guidance. Due to our control through our general partnership interest in our Operating Partnership and the limited rights of the limited partner, our Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are consolidated with the Company and the limited partner interest is reflected as a noncontrolling interest in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The noncontrolling interest shall be attributed its share of income and losses, even if that attribution results in a deficit noncontrolling interest balance. Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in these estimates and assumptions. Management will adjust such estimates when facts and circumstances dictate. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates made include the allocation of property purchase price to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value, the determination if certain entities should be consolidated, the evaluation of potential impairment of long-lived assets, and the useful lives of real estate assets and intangibles. Cash and Cash Equivalents We consider all short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to cash with a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. We may maintain cash equivalents in financial institutions in excess of insured limits, but believe this risk will be mitigated by only investing in or through major financial institutions. Real Estate Purchase Price Allocation We account for acquisitions in accordance with amended accounting guidance which requires that we allocate the purchase price of the property to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on estimated fair values. This guidance requires us to make significant estimates and assumptions, including fair value estimates, as of the acquisition date and to adjust those estimates as necessary during the measurement period (defined as the period, not to exceed one year, in which we may adjust the provisional amounts recognized for an acquisition). Acquisitions of portfolios of facilities are allocated to the individual facilities based upon an income approach or a cash flow analysis using appropriate risk adjusted capitalization rates which take into account the relative size, age, and location of the individual facility along with current and projected occupancy and rental rate levels or appraised values, if available. Allocations to the individual assets and liabilities are based upon comparable market sales information for land and estimates of depreciated replacement cost of equipment, building and site improvements. In allocating the purchase price, we determine whether the acquisition includes intangible assets or liabilities. Substantially all of the leases in place at acquired properties are at market rates, as the majority of the leases are month-to-month in-place, in-place Should the initial accounting for an acquisition be incomplete by the end of a reporting period that falls within the measurement period, we will report provisional amounts in our financial statements. During the measurement period, we will adjust the provisional amounts recognized at the acquisition date to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the measurement of the amounts recognized as of that date and we will record those adjustments to our consolidated financial statements. We will recognize any measurement period adjustments during the period in which we determine the amount of the adjustment to our consolidated financial statements, potentially including adjustments to interest, depreciation and amortization expense. Evaluation of Possible Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Management monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of our long-lived assets may not be recoverable. When indicators of potential impairment are present that indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be recoverable, we will assess the recoverability of the assets by determining whether the carrying value of the long-lived assets will be recovered through the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. In the event that such expected undiscounted future cash flows do not exceed the carrying value, we will adjust the value of the long-lived assets to the fair value and recognize an impairment loss. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, no impairment losses were recognized. Real Estate Held for Sale We generally consider real estate to be “held for sale” when the following criteria are met: (i) management commits to a plan to sell the property, (ii) the property is available for sale immediately, (iii) the property is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value, (iv) the sale of the property within one year is considered probable and (v) significant changes to the plan to sell are not expected. Real estate that is held for sale is classified as “real estate held for sale” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the periods when it was held for sale. Real estate classified as held for sale is no longer depreciated and is reported at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell. Operating results and related gains (losses) on sale of properties that were disposed of or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business are included in continuing operations on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, consistent with current accounting guidance. During the fourth quarter of 2016, we determined that our San Antonio II property no longer met the criteria for held for sale classification and as such was reclassified to real estate facilities. In the fourth quarter of 2016 we recorded depreciation and amortization expense from the point in time we previously ceased depreciation and amortization in the first quarter of 2016 through December 31, 2016. Revenue Recognition Management believes that all of our leases are operating leases. Rental income is recognized in accordance with the terms of the leases, which generally are month-to-month. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Tenant accounts receivable is reported net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Management’s estimate of the allowance is based upon a review of the current status of tenant accounts receivable. It is reasonably possible that management’s estimate of the allowance will change in the future. Real Estate Facilities Real estate facilities are recorded at cost. We capitalize costs incurred to develop, construct, renovate and improve properties, including interest and property taxes incurred during the construction period. The construction period begins when expenditures for the real estate assets have been made and activities that are necessary to prepare the asset for its intended use are in progress. The construction period ends when the asset is substantially complete and ready for its intended use. Depreciation of Real Property Assets Our management is required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our depreciable assets. We consider the period of future benefit of the asset to determine the appropriate useful lives. Depreciation of our real property assets is charged to expense on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows: Description Standard Depreciable Life Land Not Depreciated Buildings 30-35 Site Improvements 7-10 Depreciation of Personal Property Assets Personal property assets consist primarily of furniture, fixtures and equipment and are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives generally ranging from 3 to 5 years, and are included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets. Intangible Assets We have allocated a portion of our real estate purchase price to in-place in-place in-place in-place The total estimated amortization expense of intangible assets for the year ending December 31, 2017, is approximately $0.4 million, and none for the years thereafter. Foreign Currency Translation For non-U.S. Debt Issuance Costs The net carrying value of costs incurred in connection with obtaining revolving financing are presented in debt issuance costs on our consolidated balance sheets and such amount as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 totaled approximately $0.3 million and approximately $0.8 million, respectively. The net carrying value of costs incurred in connection with obtaining non-revolving Organizational and Offering Costs Our Advisor may fund organization and offering costs on our behalf. We will be required to reimburse our Advisor for such organization and offering costs; provided, however, our Advisor must reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month in which the Primary Offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (excluding sales commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees) in excess of 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering. Such costs will be recognized as a liability when we have a present responsibility to reimburse our Advisor, which is defined in our Advisory Agreement as the date we satisfied the minimum offering requirements of our Private Offering (which occurred on May 23, 2014). If at any point in time we determine that the total organization and offering costs are expected to exceed 3.5% of the gross proceeds anticipated to be received from the Primary Offering, we will recognize such excess as a capital contribution from our Advisor. As of December 31, 2016, we do not believe total organization and offering costs will exceed 3.5% of the gross proceeds anticipated to be received from the Primary Offering. Offering costs are recorded as an offset to additional paid-in The Company pays our Dealer Manager an ongoing stockholder servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering. We will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of both Class A shares and Class T shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of the Primary Offering; (iii) the fifth anniversary of the last day of the fiscal quarter in which our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding our distribution reinvestment plan offering) terminates; and (iv) the date that such Class T share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding. Our Dealer Manager enters into participating dealer agreements with certain other broker-dealers which authorizes them to sell our shares. Upon sale of our shares by such broker-dealers, our Dealer Manager re-allows re-allow non-accountable Redeemable Common Stock We adopted a share redemption program that will enable stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. We record amounts that are redeemable under the share redemption program as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet since the shares are redeemable at the option of the holder and therefore their redemption is outside our control. The maximum amount redeemable under our share redemption program is limited to the number of shares we can repurchase with the amount of the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the distribution reinvestment plan. However, accounting guidance states that determinable amounts that can become redeemable but that are contingent on an event that is likely to occur (e.g., the passage of time) should be presented as redeemable when such amount is known. Therefore, the net proceeds from the distribution reinvestment plan are considered to be temporary equity and are presented as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. In addition, current accounting guidance requires, among other things, that financial instruments that represent a mandatory obligation of us to repurchase shares be classified as liabilities and reported at settlement value. Our redeemable common shares will be contingently redeemable at the option of the holder. When we determine we have a mandatory obligation to repurchase shares under the share redemption program, we will reclassify such obligations from temporary equity to a liability based upon their respective settlement values. For the year ended December 31, 2016 we received one redemption request for approximately 4,000 shares and approximately $36,000. Such request was fulfilled in January 2017. For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we did not receive any requests for redemptions. Accounting for Equity Awards The cost of restricted stock is required to be measured based on the grant date fair value and the cost recognized over the relevant service period. Fair Value Measurements Under GAAP, the Company is required to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, the Company is required to measure other financial instruments and balances at fair value on a non-recurring • Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access; • Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals; and • Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the assets or liabilities that are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement will fall within the lowest level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures provides a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. In determining fair value, we will utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as consider counterparty credit risk in our assessment of fair value. Considerable judgment will be necessary to interpret Level 2 and 3 inputs in determining fair value of our financial and non-financial Financial and non-financial non-recurring The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, tenant accounts receivable, other assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, distributions payable and amounts due to affiliates will approximate fair value because of their relatively short-term nature. To comply with GAAP, we incorporate credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, we will consider the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees. Income Taxes We made an election to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”), under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014. To continue to qualify as a REIT, we must meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of the REIT’s ordinary taxable income to stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction or net capital gains and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will then be subject to federal income taxes on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for four years following the year during which qualification is lost unless the IRS grants us relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially adversely affect our net income and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. However, we believe that we are organized and operate in such a manner as to continue to qualify for treatment as a REIT and intend to operate in the foreseeable future in such a manner that we will remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. Even if we continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income. We filed elections to treat our TRS as a taxable REIT subsidiary effective January 1, 2014. In general, the TRS performs additional services for our customers and generally engages in any real estate or non-real Per Share Data Basic earnings per share attributable to our common stockholders for all periods presented is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to our common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period, excluding unvested restricted stock. Diluted earnings per share is computed by including the dilutive effect of unvested restricted stock, utilizing the treasury stock method. For all periods presented the dilutive effective of unrestricted stock was not included in the diluted weighted average shares as such shares were antidilutive. Recently Issued Accounting Guidance In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 ASU 2014-09 ASU 2014-09 In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, ASU 2015-02 In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, (Subtopic 835-30): ASU 2015-03 ASU 2015-03 line-of-credit ASU 2015-15, (Subtopic 835-30), Line-of-Credit No. 2015-03 line-of-credit line-of-credit ASU 2015-03 ASU 2015-15 In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 is In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, 825-10): 2016-01 2016-01 2016-01 2016-01 2016-01 is In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, 2016-02 ASU 2016-02, right-of-use ASU 2016-02, ASU 2016-02 ASU 2016-02 In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, ASU 2016-15 In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, 2016-18 beginning-of-period end-of-period 2016-18 2016-18 In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, 2017-01 2017-01 in-substance 2017-01.

Real Estate Facilities

Real Estate Facilities	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Real Estate [Abstract]
Real Estate Facilities	Note 3. Real Estate Facilities The following summarizes the activity in real estate facilities during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015: Real estate facilities Balance at December 31, 2014 $ 18,967,479 Asset disposals (176,816 ) Facility acquisitions 40,921,250 Improvements and additions 617,486 Balance at December 31, 2015 60,329,399 Facility acquisitions 25,720,271 Finalized purchase price allocations related to fourth quarter 2015 acquisitions 563,811 Insured property damage (1) (510,872 ) Impact of foreign exchange rate changes (33,587 ) Improvements and additions 1,512,582 Balance at December 31, 2016 $ 87,581,604 Accumulated depreciation Balance at December 31, 2014 $ (182,836 ) Asset disposals 176,816 Depreciation expense (1,151,093 ) Balance at December 31, 2015 (1,157,113 ) Depreciation expense (2,143,410 ) Balance at December 31, 2016 $ (3,300,523 ) (1) Insured property damage was incurred at our San Antonio I property during the year ended December 31, 2016. An insurance claim was submitted and will cover the estimated repair costs with the exception of our $25,000 insurance deductible. In accordance with GAAP we have recorded the insurance proceeds in other assets. The property remains open and neither the damage, nor the repair process has or is expected to impact our operations. The following tables summarize the purchase price allocations for our acquisitions during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015: Property Acquisition Date Real Estate Assets Intangibles Total Debt Issued 2016 Revenue (1) 2016 Property Operating Income (2) San Antonio II – TX 01/06/16 $ 11,659,852 $ 443,773 $ 12,103,625 $ 7,950,000 $ 995,515 $ 334,383 Stoney Creek – TOR – CAN (3) 02/11/16 1,516,032 — 1,516,032 — — — Torbarrie – TOR – CAN (3) 05/17/16 2,321,580 — 2,321,580 — — — Baseline – AZ 05/26/16 7,222,807 — 7,222,807 5,053,000 167,788 12,444 Asheville – NC (3) 12/30/16 3,000,000 — 3,000,000 — — — 2016 Total $ 25,720,271 $ 443,773 $ 26,164,044 $ 13,003,000 $ 1,163,303 $ 346,827 Property Acquisition Date Real Estate Assets Intangibles Total Debt Issued 2015 Revenue (1) 2015 Property Operating Income (2) Colorado Springs – Colorado 1/29/2015 $ 4,036,875 $ 180,000 $ 4,216,875 $ 2,564,614 $ 414,392 $ 200,274 Riverside – California 2/05/2015 1,986,875 90,000 2,076,875 947,524 422,072 167,241 Stockton – California 2/05/2015 1,506,875 80,000 1,586,875 439,230 377,643 166,988 Azusa – California 2/05/2015 3,976,875 210,000 4,186,875 2,500,668 617,013 362,085 Romeoville – Illinois 2/05/2015 3,246,875 180,000 3,426,875 1,852,578 474,062 230,243 Elgin – Illinois 2/05/2015 656,875 30,000 686,875 — 303,823 108,535 San Antonio I – Texas 12/17/2015 11,620,000 670,000 12,290,000 9,426,260 35,968 19,343 Kingwood – Texas 12/17/2015 8,030,000 430,000 8,460,000 6,461,880 24,722 11,696 Aurora – Colorado 12/17/2015 5,860,000 80,000 5,940,000 4,561,860 18,393 9,003 Finalized Purchase Price Allocations 563,811 (377,811 ) 186,000 — — — 2015 Total $ 41,485,061 $ 1,572,189 $ 43,057,250 $ 28,754,614 $ 2,688,088 $ 1,275,408 (1) The operating results of the facilities acquired above have been included in our consolidated statement of operations since their respective acquisition date. (2) Property operating income excludes corporate general and administrative expenses, asset management fees, interest expense, depreciation, amortization and acquisition expenses. (3) Stoney Creek, Torbarrie and Asheville are self storage properties that are under construction. During 2015 we completed the purchase price allocations for the properties acquired during 2014 and there were no changes to the provisional amounts recorded. During 2015 we also completed the purchase price allocations for the properties acquired during the first quarter of 2015 and recognized during the fourth quarter measurement period adjustments, which had the aggregate impact of increasing our allocation to buildings by approximately $1.8 million, with reductions to land, site improvements and intangible assets of approximately $0.8 million, $0.2 million and $0.8 million, respectively. The impact of such reclassifications was that we recognized measurement period adjustments during the fourth quarter to our consolidated statement of operations, which had the aggregate impact of an increase to depreciation expense during the year of approximately $25,000 and a decrease to intangible amortization expense of approximately $0.2 million for the year. During 2016 we completed the purchase price allocations for the properties acquired during the fourth quarter of 2015, as well as San Antonio II, Stoney Creek, Torbarrie, Baseline and Asheville. As a result of finalizing purchase price allocations we recognized during the fourth quarter measurement period adjustments, which had the aggregate impact of increasing our allocation to land by approximately $2.8 million, with reductions to buildings, site improvements and intangible assets of approximately $0.8 million, $1.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively. The impact of such reclassifications was that we recognized measurement period adjustments during the fourth quarter to our consolidated statement of operations, which had the aggregate impact of a decrease to depreciation expense of approximately $0.1 million and a decrease to intangible amortization expense of approximately $0.2 million for the year. We incurred acquisition fees to our Advisor related to the above properties of approximately $0.5 million and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Pro Forma Financial Information

Pro Forma Financial Information	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
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Pro Forma Financial Information	Note 4. Pro Forma Financial Information (Unaudited) The table set forth below summarizes on an unaudited pro forma basis the combined results of operations of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 as if the Company’s acquisitions discussed in Note 3 were completed as of January 1, 2015. This pro forma information does not purport to represent what the actual results of operations of the Company would have been for the periods indicated, nor do they purport to predict the results of operations for future periods. Year Ended December 31, 2016 Year Ended December 31, 2015 Pro forma revenue $ 9,326,799 $ 7,817,385 Pro forma operating expenses (10,585,142 ) (10,636,077 ) Pro forma net loss attributable to common shareholders (4,760,696 ) (6,651,115 ) The pro forma financial information for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were adjusted to exclude approximately $0.8 million and $1.1 million, respectively, for acquisition related expenses.

Secured Debt

Secured Debt	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Secured Debt	Note 5. Secured Debt KeyBank Facility On July 31, 2014, we, through our Operating Partnership and certain property-owning special purpose entities wholly-owned by our Operating Partnership (collectively with the Operating Partnership, the “Borrower”), obtained a senior secured revolving loan (the “KeyBank Facility”) from KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”) pursuant to a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) for the purpose of funding real property acquisitions. The maximum potential amount we may borrow under the KeyBank Facility is $40 million. The KeyBank Facility has an initial term of three years, maturing on July 31, 2017, with two one-year 30-year The KeyBank Facility is full recourse, jointly and severally, to Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. and the Borrower and is secured by cross-collateralized first mortgage liens on the Mortgaged Properties (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The KeyBank Facility may be prepaid or terminated at any time without penalty, provided, however, that KeyBank shall be indemnified for any breakage costs associated with any LIBOR borrowings. Pursuant to that certain guaranty dated July 31, 2014 in favor of KeyBank, we serve as a guarantor of all obligations due under the KeyBank Facility. Under certain conditions, we may cause the release of one or more of the properties serving as collateral for the KeyBank Facility, subject to no default or event of default is then outstanding or would reasonably occur as a result of such release, including compliance with the Pool Debt-Service Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The KeyBank Facility contains a number of other customary terms and covenants, including the following (capitalized terms are as defined in the Credit Agreement): the aggregate borrowing base availability under the KeyBank Facility is limited to the lesser of: (1) 55% of the Pool Value of the properties in the collateral pool, or (2) an amount that would provide a minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio of no less than 1.35 to 1.0; and we must meet the following financial tests, calculated as of the close of each fiscal quarter: (1) a Total Leverage Ratio of no more than 60%; (2) a Tangible Net Worth not less than (a) $5,937,713, plus (b) 80% of Net Equity Proceeds received after the Effective Date, less (c) any amounts paid for the redemption or retirement of the Preferred Equity Investment; (3) an Interest Coverage Ratio of no less than 1.85 to 1.0 as of December 31, 2016 and on each quarter end thereafter; (4) a Fixed Charge Ratio of no less than 1.6 to 1.0; (5) a ratio of varying rate Indebtedness to total Indebtedness not in excess of 30%; (6) a Loan to Value Ratio of not greater than fifty-five percent (55%); and (7) a Debt Service Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.35 to 1.0. On August 1, 2016, our Operating Partnership purchased an interest rate cap with a notional amount of $35 million, such that in no event will our interest rate exceed 5.25% thereon through August 1, 2017. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal balance under the KeyBank Facility was approximately $7.6 million. As of December 31, 2015, the outstanding principal balance under the KeyBank Facility was approximately $38.3 million. Subsequent to December 31, 2016, we made additional payments on the KeyBank Facility (See Note 12 for additional information). The Baseline Loan On May 26, 2016, the special-purpose entity (a subsidiary of our Operating Partnership) which acquired and owns our property in Phoenix, Arizona (the “Baseline Property”) entered into a loan agreement for a loan in the amount of approximately $5.1 million (the “Baseline Loan”) with TCF National Bank (“TCF”) as the lender. The Baseline Loan has a maturity date of May 26, 2019, unless extended for up to an additional three years. Payments due under the Baseline Loan are interest-only and due on the first day of each month. The Baseline Loan bears interest at a variable interest rate, which adjusts monthly to be equal to 2.75% in excess of the LIBOR Rate (as defined in the Baseline Loan agreement), subject to a minimum rate of 3.25% per annum. As of December 31, 2016, the interest rate was approximately 3.4%, which was based on LIBOR plus 275 basis points. The Baseline Loan is secured by a first lien deed of trust on the Baseline Property. We may prepay the Baseline Loan at any time, without penalty, in whole or in part. Pursuant to that certain guaranty, dated May 26, 2016, in favor of TCF, we provided a guaranty of the Baseline Loan. The Baseline Loan contains a number of other customary terms and covenants. Torbarrie Loan In connection with the redevelopment of our Torbarrie Property, on November 3, 2016, we, through a subsidiary of our Operating Partnership which acquired and owns the Torbarrie Property, entered into a construction loan agreement (the “Torbarrie Loan”) with First National Financial LP (“First National”) which will allow for borrowings up to approximately $9.7 million CAD. The Torbarrie Loan has a 4-year Future Principal Requirements The following table presents the future principal payment requirements on outstanding secured debt as of December 31, 2016: 2017 $ 7,647,000 2018 — 2019 5,053,000 2020 — 2021 — 2022 and thereafter — Total payments 12,700,000 Non-revolving (190,692 ) Total $ 12,509,308

Preferred Equity

Preferred Equity	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Equity [Abstract]
Preferred Equity	Note 6. Preferred Equity Issuance of Preferred Units by our Operating Partnership On July 31, 2014, we and our Operating Partnership entered into a Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Unit Purchase Agreement”) with the Preferred Investor. Pursuant to the Unit Purchase Agreement, the Preferred Investor agreed to provide up to $18,100,000 through a preferred equity investment in our Operating Partnership (the “Investment”), to be used solely for investments in self storage properties, as described in the underlying documents, in exchange for up to 724,000 Preferred Units, each having a liquidation preference of $25.00 per Preferred Unit (the “Liquidation Amount”), plus all accrued and unpaid distributions. During 2014 and 2015, in a number of transactions, the Preferred Investor invested a total of approximately $17.5 million in our Operating Partnership and was issued approximately 700,000 Preferred Units. In September 2015, we redeemed $1.5 million of the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Units. During the year ended December 31, 2016, we redeemed the remaining approximately $16 million in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Units outstanding and approximately $1.5 million in Deferred Distributions owed thereon. No further Preferred Units are outstanding and no further Deferred Distributions are owed, such that we no longer have any remaining obligations related to the Preferred Units. In connection with entering into the Unit Purchase Agreement, we and our Operating Partnership entered into a Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership (the “Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement”), and Amended and Restated Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement (the “First Amendment”). The Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement authorized the issuance of additional classes of units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership, established a new series of preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership and set forth other necessary corresponding changes. All other terms of the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement remained substantially the same as the original Limited Partnership Agreement. The First Amendment sets forth key terms of the Preferred Units, some of which are discussed below. The holder of Preferred Units was entitled to receive current distributions (the “Current Distributions”) at a rate of one-month The Preferred Units were redeemable by our Operating Partnership, in whole or in part, at the option of our Operating Partnership at any time. The redemption price (the “Redemption Price”) for the Preferred Units was equal to: (i) in the event of a partial redemption, the sum of the Liquidation Amount plus all accumulated and unpaid Current Distributions thereon to the date of redemption; and (ii) in the event of the redemption of all outstanding Preferred Units, the sum of the Liquidation Amount plus all accumulated and unpaid Current Distributions and any accumulated Deferred Distributions thereon to the date of redemption. If fewer than all of the outstanding Preferred Units were redeemed at the option of our Operating Partnership, the Preferred Units redeemed were determined pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as determined by us, as the general partner of our Operating Partnership to be fair and equitable to all holders of the Preferred Units. The holder of the Preferred Units could have required our Operating Partnership to repurchase the Preferred Units upon the occurrence of any of the following (each an “Optional Repurchase Event” and as defined within the Amendment): (A) a breach of any of the Protective Provisions; (B) an Event of Default; (C) a Change of Control that was not consented to in accordance with the terms of the Amendment; (D) our failure to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code; or (E) the occurrence and continuance of a monetary or a material default beyond any applicable cure period under any of the loan documents for each of the properties in the portfolio. The repurchase price for the Preferred Units would have been the Redemption Price.

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Note 7. Related Party Transactions Fees to Affiliates Our Advisory Agreement with our Advisor and dealer manager agreement (“Dealer Manager Agreement”) with our Dealer Manager, entitle our Advisor and our Dealer Manager to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the Public Offering and investment of funds in real estate properties, among other services, as well as reimbursement for organizational and offering costs incurred by our Advisor on our behalf and reimbursement of certain costs and expenses incurred by our Advisor in providing services to us. Additionally, the advisory agreement (the “Private Offering Advisory Agreement”) and dealer manager agreement (the “Private Offering Dealer Manager Agreement”) executed in connection with the Private Offering, entitled our Advisor and our Dealer Manager to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the Private Offering and investment of funds in real estate properties, among other services, as well as reimbursement for organizational and offering costs incurred by our Advisor on our behalf and reimbursement of certain costs and expenses incurred by our Advisor in providing services to us. Organization and Offering Costs Organization and offering costs of the Private Offering were paid by our Advisor on our behalf and were reimbursed to our Advisor from the proceeds of our Private Offering pursuant to the Private Offering Advisory Agreement. Organization and offering costs incurred in connection with the Private Offering consisted of all expenses (other than sales commissions and the dealer manager fee) to be paid by us in connection with the Private Offering, including our legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charges of our escrow holder and other accountable organization and offering expenses, including, but not limited to, (i) amounts to reimburse our Advisor for all marketing related costs and expenses such as salaries and direct expenses of employees of our Advisor and its affiliates in connection with registering and marketing our shares; (ii) technology costs associated with the Private Offering; (iii) our costs of conducting our training and education meetings; (iv) our costs of attending retail seminars conducted by participating broker-dealers; and (v) payment or reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses. We have incurred and will continue to incur similar organization and offering costs in connection with the Public Offering. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, our Advisor must reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month which the Public Offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (excluding sales commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees) in excess of 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds from the Public Offering. Advisory Agreement We do not have any employees. Our Advisor is primarily responsible for managing our business affairs and carrying out the directives of our board of directors. Our Advisor receives various fees and expenses under the terms of our Advisory Agreement and the Private Offering Advisory Agreement (which terminated upon commencement of the Advisory Agreement). As discussed above, we are required under our Advisory Agreement to reimburse our Advisor for organization and offering costs from the Public Offering; provided, however, pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, our Advisor will be required to reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month in which the Public Offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (excluding sales commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees) in excess of 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering. The Advisory Agreement also requires our Advisor to reimburse us to the extent that offering expenses, including sales commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees and organization and offering expenses, are in excess of 15% of gross proceeds from the Public Offering. Our Advisor receives acquisition fees equal to 1.75% pursuant to the Advisory Agreement and 1% pursuant to the Private Offering Advisory Agreement, respectively, of the contract purchase price of each property we acquire plus reimbursement of any acquisition expenses incurred by our Advisor. Our Advisor also receives a monthly asset management fee equal to 0.04167%, which is one-twelfth Under our Advisory Agreement, our Advisor receives disposition fees in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) one-half up-front back-end Our Advisory Agreement provides for reimbursement of our Advisor’s direct and indirect costs of providing administrative and management services to us. Beginning four fiscal quarters after we acquire our first real estate asset, pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, our Advisor is required to pay or reimburse us the amount by which our aggregate annual operating expenses, as defined, exceed the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of our net income, as defined, unless a majority of our independent directors determine that such excess expenses were justified based on unusual and non-recurring As of December 31, 2016, our aggregate annual operating expenses, as defined, did not exceed the thresholds described above. As of December 31, 2015, we had incurred total operating expenses for the 12 months then ended that exceeded the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of our net income, as defined, in the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended by approximately $255,000 (the “Excess Expenses”). On March 4, 2016, our board of directors, including all of the independent directors, determined that there were unusual and non-recurring start-up Dealer Manager Agreement In connection with our Private Offering, our Dealer Manager received a sales commission of up to 7.0% of gross proceeds from sales in the Private Offering and a dealer manager fee equal to up to 3.75% of gross proceeds from sales in the Private Offering under the terms of the dealer manager agreement for our Private Offering (the “Private Offering Dealer Manager Agreement”). In connection with our Primary Offering, our Dealer Manager receives a sales commission of up to 7.0% of gross proceeds from sales of Class A Shares and up to 2.0% of gross proceeds from the sales of Class T Shares in the Primary Offering and a dealer manager fee up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from sales of both Class A Shares and Class T Shares in the Primary Offering under the terms of the Dealer Manager Agreement. In addition, our Dealer Manager receives an ongoing stockholder servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering. We will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of both Class A shares and Class T shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of the Primary Offering; (iii) the fifth anniversary of the last day of the fiscal quarter in which our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding our distribution reinvestment plan offering) terminates; and (iv) the date that such Class T share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding. Our Dealer Manager has entered into participating dealer agreements with certain other broker-dealers which authorizes them to sell our shares. Upon sale of our shares by such broker-dealers, our Dealer Manager re-allows re-allow non-accountable . Affiliated Dealer Manager Our Chief Executive Officer owned, through a wholly-owned limited liability company, a 15% non-voting non-voting non-voting non-voting Property Management Agreement Through September 30, 2015, each of our self storage properties was managed by our Property Manager under separate property management agreements. Under each agreement, our Property Manager received a fee for its services in managing our properties, generally equal to the greater of $3,000 or 6% of the gross revenues from the properties plus reimbursement of the Property Manager’s costs of managing the properties. Reimbursable costs and expenses included wages and salaries and other expenses of employees engaged in operating, managing and maintaining our properties. Our Property Manager also received a one-time non-solicitation As of October 1, 2015, each of our self storage properties located in the United States are subject to separate property management agreements with our Property Manager, which in turn has entered into sub-property on-site set-up “Set-Up Set-Up Set-Up The sub-property sub-property sub-property sub-property Set-Up Set-Up sub-property In addition, we entered into an agreement with Extra Space and our Property Manager in which we agreed that, subject to certain limitations, our Property Manager will retain Extra Space as sub-property Pursuant to the terms of the agreements described above, the following table summarizes related party costs incurred and paid by us for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, as well as any related amounts payable as of December 31, 2015 and 2016: Year Ended December 31, 2015 Year Ended December 31, 2016 Incurred Paid Payable Incurred Paid Payable Expensed Operating expenses (including organizational costs) $ 774,212 $ 748,513 $ 25,699 $ 545,696 $ 561,480 $ 9,915 Asset management fees 180,060 216,308 — 417,217 409,967 7,250 Property management fees (1) 378,190 446,336 — 565,519 565,519 — Acquisition expenses 822,798 775,620 117,075 753,090 863,741 6,424 Debt issuance costs 143,773 41,523 102,250 65,015 167,265 — Capitalized Debt issuance costs — 165,542 — — — — Other assets 20,000 107,405 — — — — Additional Paid-in Selling commissions 1,462,535 1,490,534 — 5,348,277 5,348,277 — Dealer Manager fees 365,634 372,474 5,161 1,474,763 1,380,898 99,026 Stockholder servicing fees (2) — — — 873,133 32,213 840,920 Offering costs 471,519 1,850,917 2,812 431,718 434,530 — Total $ 4,618,721 $ 6,215,172 $ 252,997 $ 10,474,428 $ 9,763,890 $ 963,535 (1) During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, property management fees include approximately $92,000 and approximately $475,000, respectively, of fees paid to the sub-property (2) The Company pays our Dealer Manager an ongoing stockholder servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering. Extra Space Self Storage In connection with the merger of SmartStop into Extra Space, certain of our executive officers, including H. Michael Schwartz, Paula Mathews, Michael McClure and James Berg, received units of limited partnership interest in Extra Space Storage LP, the operating partnership for Extra Space, in exchange for units of limited partnership of SmartStop Self Storage Operating Partnership, L.P., the operating partnership for SmartStop, owned by such executives. Tenant Protection Plan During the first quarter of 2016, in connection with our acquisition of a property located in Canada, our board of directors approved our participation in a tenant protection plan pursuant to which we will receive 50% of the net revenues generated for each tenant protection plan purchased by a customer at our Canadian properties and our Property Manager will receive the other 50% of such net revenues.

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	Note 8. Commitments and Contingencies Distribution Reinvestment Plan We have adopted an amended and restated distribution reinvestment plan that allows both our Class A and Class T stockholders to have distributions otherwise distributable to them invested in additional shares of our Class A and Class T Shares, respectively. As of April 21, 2016, the purchase price per share is equivalent to our estimated value per share of $10.05. We may amend or terminate the amended and restated distribution reinvestment plan for any reason at any time upon 10 days’ prior written notice to stockholders. No sales commissions or dealer manager fee will be paid on shares sold through the amended and restated distribution reinvestment plan. As of December 31, 2016, we had sold approximately 105,000 shares through our distribution reinvestment plan offering for Class A Shares and approximately 6,000 shares for our Class T Shares. Share Redemption Program We adopted a share redemption program that enables stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. As long as our common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter Our board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate the share redemption program with 30 days’ notice to our stockholders. We may provide this notice by including such information in a Current Report on Form 8-K The amount that we may pay to redeem stock for redemptions is the redemption price set forth in the following table which is based upon the number of years the stock is held: Number Years Held Redemption Price Less than 1 No Redemption Allowed 1 or more but less than 3 90.0% of Redemption Amount 3 or more but less than 4 95.0% of Redemption Amount 4 or more 100.0% of Redemption Amount At any time we are engaged in an offering of shares, the Redemption Amount for shares purchased under our share redemption program will always be equal to or lower than the applicable per share offering price. As long as we are engaged in an offering, the Redemption Amount shall be the lesser of the amount the stockholder paid for their shares or the price per share in the current offering. If we are no longer engaged in an offering, the per share Redemption Amount will be determined by our board of directors. Our board of directors will announce any redemption price adjustment and the time period of its effectiveness as a part of its regular communications with our stockholders. At any time the redemption price during an offering is determined by any method other than the offering price, if we have sold property and have made one or more special distributions to our stockholders of all or a portion of the net proceeds from such sales, the per share redemption price will be reduced by the net sale proceeds per share distributed to investors prior to the redemption date as a result of the sale of such property in the special distribution. Our board of directors will, in its sole discretion, determine which distributions, if any, constitute a special distribution. While our board of directors does not have specific criteria for determining a special distribution, we expect that a special distribution will only occur upon the sale of a property and the subsequent distribution of the net sale proceeds. The Redemption Amount for shares received as a stock distribution shall be equal to the lesser of the per share amount the stockholder paid for the original shares purchased or the price per share in the current offering. The length of time shares received as a stock distribution are held shall start on the date such stock distribution was declared. In addition, the redemption price per share will be adjusted for any stock combinations, splits and recapitalizations with respect to the shares of common stock and reduced by the aggregate amount of net sale or refinance proceeds per share, if any, distributed to the redeeming stockholder prior to the redemption date. There are several limitations on our ability to redeem shares under the share redemption program including, but not limited to: • Unless the shares are being redeemed in connection with a stockholder’s death, “qualifying disability” (as defined under the share redemption program) or bankruptcy, we may not redeem shares until the stockholder has held his or her shares for one year. • During any calendar year, we will not redeem in excess of 5% of the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the prior calendar year. • The cash available for redemption is limited to the proceeds from the sale of shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, less any prior redemptions. • We have no obligation to redeem shares if the redemption would violate the restrictions on distributions under Maryland law, which prohibits distributions that would cause a corporation to fail to meet statutory tests of solvency. Since inception, we have received one redemption request for approximately 4,000 shares (approximately $36,000) which was fulfilled in January 2017. Additionally, as of December 31, 2016, we had issued approximately 113,000 shares (approximately $1.1 million) under our distribution reinvestment plan. Operating Partnership Redemption Rights The limited partners of our Operating Partnership have the right to cause our Operating Partnership to redeem their limited partnership units for cash equal to the value of an equivalent number of our shares, or, at our option, we may purchase their limited partnership units by issuing one share of our common stock for each limited partnership unit redeemed. These rights may not be exercised under certain circumstances that could cause us to lose our REIT election. Furthermore, limited partners may exercise their redemption rights only after their limited partnership units have been outstanding for one year. Our Advisor is prohibited from exchanging or otherwise transferring its limited partnership units so long as our Advisor is acting as our advisor under the Advisory Agreement. Other Contingencies From time to time, we are party to legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not aware of any legal proceedings of which the outcome is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition, nor are we aware of any such legal proceedings contemplated by governmental authorities.

Potential Acquisitions

Potential Acquisitions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
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Potential Acquisitions	Note 9. Potential Acquisitions Pembroke Pines, Florida On February 8, 2016, one of our subsidiaries executed a purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of property that will be developed into a self storage facility located in Pembroke Pines, Florida (the “Pembroke Pines Property”). The Pembroke Pines Property is being developed by the seller into a self storage facility. The purchase price for the Pembroke Pines Property is approximately $15.7 million, plus closing costs and acquisition fees. We expect the acquisition of the Pembroke Pines Property to close in the third or fourth quarter of 2017 after construction is complete on the self storage facility and a certificate of occupancy has been issued. We expect to fund such acquisition with a combination of net proceeds from our Public Offering and/or through a drawdown on future credit facilities. If we fail to acquire the Pembroke Property, in addition to the incurred acquisition costs, we may also forfeit earnest money as a result.

Selected Quarterly Data (Unaudi

Selected Quarterly Data (Unaudited)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Selected Quarterly Data (Unaudited)	Note 10. Selected Quarterly Data (Unaudited) The following is a summary of quarterly financial information for the years ended December, 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively: Three months ended March 31, 2016 June 30, 2016 September 30, 2016 December 31, 2016 Total revenues $ 2,072,885 $ 2,249,591 $ 2,437,082 $ 2,554,201 Total operating expenses 2,979,250 2,954,341 2,486,959 2,751,160 Operating loss (906,365 ) (704,750 ) (49,877 ) (196,959 ) Net loss (1,520,001 ) (1,279,833 ) (571,599 ) (583,941 ) Net loss attributable to common shareholders (2,021,593 ) (1,783,520 ) (964,435 ) (602,913 ) Net loss per Class A share-basic and diluted (0.63 ) (0.39 ) (0.17 ) (0.09 ) Net loss per Class T share-basic and diluted (0.63 ) (0.39 ) (0.17 ) (0.09 ) Three months ended March 31, 2015 June 30, 2015 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2015 Total revenues $ 951,653 $ 1,241,755 $ 1,292,224 $ 1,371,775 Total operating expenses 1,592,434 1,619,962 1,836,662 2,159,038 Operating loss (640,781 ) (378,207 ) (544,438 ) (787,263 ) Net loss (834,329 ) (590,767 ) (758,800 ) (1,191,825 ) Net loss attributable to common shareholders (1,302,893 ) (1,154,918 ) (1,314,402 ) (1,693,559 ) Net loss per Class A share-basic and diluted (1.60 ) (1.36 ) (1.26 ) (0.82 ) Net loss per Class T share-basic and diluted — — — (0.82 ) As discussed in Note 3, during the fourth quarter of 2015 we completed the purchase price allocations for the properties acquired during the first quarter of 2015. Also during the fourth quarter of 2015 we recognized the cumulative measurement period adjustments in our consolidated statement of operations. If such measurement period adjustments were retroactively recorded they would have had the aggregate impact of increasing depreciation by approximately $6,000, $9,000 and $10,000 and decreasing intangible amortization expense by approximately $45,000, $74,000 and $75,000, respectively related to the first, second and third quarters of 2015. However, as discussed in Note 2, we early adopted ASU 2015-16 Also as discussed in Note 3, during the fourth quarter of 2016 we completed the purchase price allocations for the properties acquired during the fourth quarter of 2015, as well as San Antonio II, Stoney Creek, Torbarrie, Baseline and Asheville. Also during the fourth quarter of 2016 we recognized cumulative measurement period adjustments in our consolidated statement of operations. If such measurement period adjustments were retroactively recorded they would have had the aggregate impact of decreasing depreciation by approximately $5,000, $41,000, $40,000 and $40,000 and decreasing intangible amortization expense by approximately $8,000, $76,000, $64,000 and $64,000, respectively related to the fourth quarter of 2015, and first, second and third quarters of 2016. However, as discussed in Note 2, we early adopted ASU 2015-16

Declaration of Distributions

Declaration of Distributions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Text Block [Abstract]
Declaration of Distributions	Note 11. Declaration of Distributions Cash Distribution Declaration On December 20, 2016, our board of directors declared a daily distribution in the amount of $0.0010958904 per share on the outstanding shares of common stock, payable to both Class A and Class T stockholders of record of such shares as shown on our books as of the close of business on each day during the period commencing on January 1, 2017 and ending March 31, 2017. Such distributions payable to each stockholder of record during a month will be paid the following month.

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Note 12. Subsequent Events Completed Acquisitions Elk Grove Property On January 13, 2017, we closed on a self storage facility located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois for a purchase price of approximately $10.1 million, plus closing costs and acquisition fees, which was funded by a combination of a draw under the KeyBank Facility, and the remainder from the net proceeds of our Offering. We incurred acquisition fees of approximately $180,000 in connection with the acquisition. Garden Grove Property On March 16, 2017, we closed on a self storage facility located in Garden Grove, California for a purchase price of approximately $18.4 million, plus closing costs and acquisition fees, which was with net proceeds of our Offering. We incurred acquisition fees of approximately $320,000 in connection with the acquisition. Potential Acquisitions Sarasota Property On March 1, 2017, we entered into an assignment with our Sponsor in which our Sponsor assigned us a purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of property that is being developed into a self storage facility located in Sarasota, Florida (the “Sarasota Property”). The purchase price for the Sarasota Property is approximately $7.4 million, plus closing costs and acquisition fees. We expect the acquisition of the Sarasota Property to close in the first or second quarter of 2017 after construction is complete on the self storage facility and a certificate of occupancy has been issued. We expect to fund such acquisition with a combination of net proceeds from our Offering. If we fail to acquire the Sarasota Property, in addition to the incurred acquisition costs, we may also forfeit earnest money as a result. SecureCare Portfolio On March 2, 2017, one of our subsidiaries executed a purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of two existing self storage facilities in Asheville, North Carolina (the “SecureCare Portfolio”). The purchase price for the SecureCare Portfolio is approximately $11.0 million, plus closing costs and acquisition fees. We expect the acquisition of the SecureCare Portfolio to close in the second quarter of 2017. We expect to fund such acquisition with a combination of net proceeds from our Offering and/or through a drawdown on credit facilities. If we fail to acquire the SecureCare Portfolio, in addition to the incurred acquisition costs, we may also forfeit earnest money as a result. Termination of the San Antonio II Purchase and Sale Agreement On August 24, 2016, one of our subsidiaries executed a purchase and sale agreement (the “San Antonio II Sale Agreement”) with an unaffiliated third party (the “Buyer”) to sell a self storage facility and industrial warehouse/office space included therein located in San Antonio, Texas (the “San Antonio II Property”) for a purchase price of approximately $15.65 million. The Buyer made an earnest money deposit of $250,000. Under the San Antonio Sale Agreement, the Buyer had the right to terminate the San Antonio Sale Agreement for any reason through September 22, 2017 and to receive a refund of its earnest money. On March 10, 2017, the Buyer delivered written notice to us of its election to terminate the San Antonio Sale Agreement. As a result, the San Antonio Sale Agreement was terminated and we have returned the earnest money to the Buyer. Storage Auction Program In March of 2017, our Sponsor acquired a minority interest in a company (the “Auction Company”) that serves as a web portal for self storage companies to post their auctions for the contents of abandoned storage units online instead of using live auctions conducted at the self storage facilities. The Auction Company is expected to receive a service fee for such services. Our sub-property Cash Distribution Declaration On March 14, 2017, our board of directors declared a daily distribution in the amount of $0.0010958904 per share on the outstanding shares of common stock, payable to both Class A and Class T stockholders of record of such shares as shown on our books as of the close of business on each day during the period commencing on April 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2017. Such distributions payable to each stockholder of record during a month will be paid the following month. Offering Status As of March 17, 2017, in connection with our Primary Offering we had issued approximately 12,529,000 Class A shares of our common stock and approximately 4,265,000 Class T Shares of our common stock for gross proceeds of approximately 134.9 million and approximately 44.9 million, respectively. On February 19, 2017, our board of directors approved the close of our Primary Offering upon us reaching the $200 million threshold in our Primary Offering. See our Current Report on Form 8-K KeyBank Facility Subsequent to December 31, 2016, we borrowed additional amounts and made additional payments on the KeyBank Facility ultimately bringing our outstanding balance to zero as of March 17, 2017.

Schedule III - Real Estate and

Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation Disclosure [Abstract]
Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation	STRATEGIC STORAGE GROWTH TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE III December 31, 2016 Initial Cost to Company Gross Carrying Amount at December 31, 2016 Description ST Encumbrance Land Building and Total Cost Capitalized Land Building and Total Accumulated Date of Date Fort Pierce FL $ 401,501 $ 700,000 $ 3,060,000 $ 3,760,000 $ 101,606 $ 700,000 $ 3,161,606 $ 3,861,606 $ (271,548 ) 2008 7/31/2014 Las Vegas I NV 962,638 2,180,000 6,865,000 9,045,000 213,580 2,180,000 7,078,580 9,258,580 (603,287 ) 1999 7/31/2014 Las Vegas II NV 625,446 1,380,000 4,460,000 5,840,000 175,494 1,380,000 4,635,494 6,015,494 (356,059 ) 1996 9/29/2014 Colorado Springs CO 456,182 1,510,000 2,526,875 4,036,875 350,653 1,510,000 2,877,528 4,387,528 (216,505 ) 1983 1/29/2015 Riverside CA 244,654 220,000 1,766,875 1,986,875 366,184 220,000 2,133,059 2,353,059 (145,366 ) 1980 2/05/2015 Stockton CA 162,102 150,000 1,356,875 1,506,875 52,209 150,000 1,409,084 1,559,084 (108,544 ) 1984 2/05/2015 Azusa CA 440,218 1,260,000 2,716,875 3,976,875 257,111 1,260,000 2,973,986 4,233,986 (212,055 ) 1986 2/05/2015 Romeoville IL 370,428 480,000 2,766,875 3,246,875 315,872 480,000 3,082,747 3,562,747 (222,888 ) 1986 2/05/2015 Elgin IL 102,996 110,000 546,875 656,875 333,735 110,000 880,610 990,610 (61,523 ) 1986 2/05/2015 San Antonio I TX 1,113,251 4,069,211 7,122,002 11,191,213 (484,053 ) (1) 4,069,211 6,637,949 10,707,160 (239,107 ) 1998 12/17/2015 Kingwood TX 815,519 3,622,192 4,162,277 7,784,469 59,134 3,622,192 4,221,411 7,843,603 (162,052 ) 2001 12/17/2015 Aurora CO 739,242 1,154,219 5,943,909 7,098,128 11,847 1,154,219 5,955,756 7,109,975 (263,135 ) 2015 12/17/2015 San Antonio II TX 1,212,823 2,406,214 9,253,638 11,659,852 4,988 2,406,214 9,258,626 11,664,840 (306,661 ) 2004 1/06/2016 Stoney Creek – TOR – CAN (2) — 1,516,032 — 1,516,032 56,894 (3) 1,572,926 — 1,572,926 — N/A 2/11/2016 Torbarrie – TOR – CAN (2) — 1,422,904 898,676 2,321,580 (90,480 ) (3) 1,368,408 862,692 2,231,100 — 1980 5/17/2016 Phoenix AZ 5,053,000 710,796 6,512,011 7,222,807 6,499 710,796 6,518,510 7,229,306 (131,793 ) 2016 5/26/2016 Asheville NC — 1,421,684 1,578,316 3,000,000 — 1,421,684 1,578,316 3,000,000 — 1982 12/30/2016 $ 12,700,000 $ 24,313,252 $ 61,537,079 $ 85,850,331 $ 1,731,273 $ 24,315,650 $ 63,265,954 $ 87,581,604 $ (3,300,523 ) (1) Insured property damage was incurred at our San Antonio I property during the year ended December 31, 2016. An insurance claim was submitted and will cover the estimated repair costs with the exception of our $25,000 insurance deductible. In accordance with GAAP we have recorded the insurance proceeds in other assets. The property remains open and neither the damage, nor the repair process has or is expected to impact our operations. (2) This property is located in Ontario, Canada. (3) The change in cost at these self storage facilities are the net of the impact of foreign exchange rate changes and any actual additions. STRATEGIC STORAGE GROWTH TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION December 31, 2016 Activity in real estate facilities during 2016 was as follows: 2016 Real estate facilities Balance at beginning of year $ 60,329,399 Facility acquisitions 25,720,271 Finalized purchase price allocations related to fourth quarter 2015 acquisitions 563,811 Insured property damage (1) (510,872 ) Impact of foreign exchange rate changes (33,587 ) Improvements 1,512,582 Balance at end of year $ 87,581,604 Accumulated depreciation Balance at beginning of year $ 1,157,113 Depreciation expense 2,143,410 Balance at end of year $ 3,300,523 Construction in process Balance at beginning of year $ 30,808 Additions 2,143,383 Balance at end of year $ 2,174,191 Real estate facilities, net $ 86,455,272 (1) Insured property damage was incurred at our San Antonio I property during the year ended December 31, 2016. An insurance claim was submitted and will cover the estimated repair costs with the exception of our $25,000 insurance deductible. In accordance with GAAP we have recorded the insurance proceeds in other assets. The property remains open and neither the damage, nor the repair process has or is expected to impact our operations.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as contained within the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Principles of Consolidation	Principles of Consolidation Our financial statements, and the financial statements of our Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The portion of these entities not wholly-owned by us is presented as noncontrolling interests. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Consolidation Considerations	Consolidation Considerations Current accounting guidance provides a framework for identifying a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and determining when a company should include the assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests, and results of activities of a VIE in its consolidated financial statements. In general, a VIE is an entity or other legal structure used to conduct activities or hold assets that either (1) has an insufficient amount of equity to carry out its principal activities without additional subordinated financial support, (2) has a group of equity owners that are unable to make significant decisions about its activities, or (3) has a group of equity owners that do not have the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns generated by its operations. Generally, a VIE should be consolidated if a party with an ownership, contractual, or other financial interest in the VIE (a variable interest holder) has the power to direct the VIE’s most significant activities and the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. A variable interest holder that consolidates the VIE is called the primary beneficiary. Upon consolidation, the primary beneficiary generally must initially record all of the VIE’s assets, liabilities, and noncontrolling interest at fair value and subsequently account for the VIE as if it were consolidated based on majority voting interest. In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, ASU 2015-02 As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, we had not entered into other contracts/interests that would be deemed to be variable interests in VIEs.
Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Entities	Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Entities We account for the noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership in accordance with the related accounting guidance. Due to our control through our general partnership interest in our Operating Partnership and the limited rights of the limited partner, our Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are consolidated with the Company and the limited partner interest is reflected as a noncontrolling interest in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The noncontrolling interest shall be attributed its share of income and losses, even if that attribution results in a deficit noncontrolling interest balance.
Use of Estimates	Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in these estimates and assumptions. Management will adjust such estimates when facts and circumstances dictate. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates made include the allocation of property purchase price to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value, the determination if certain entities should be consolidated, the evaluation of potential impairment of long-lived assets, and the useful lives of real estate assets and intangibles.
Cash and Cash Equivalents	Cash and Cash Equivalents We consider all short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to cash with a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. We may maintain cash equivalents in financial institutions in excess of insured limits, but believe this risk will be mitigated by only investing in or through major financial institutions.
Real Estate Purchase Price Allocation	Real Estate Purchase Price Allocation We account for acquisitions in accordance with amended accounting guidance which requires that we allocate the purchase price of the property to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on estimated fair values. This guidance requires us to make significant estimates and assumptions, including fair value estimates, as of the acquisition date and to adjust those estimates as necessary during the measurement period (defined as the period, not to exceed one year, in which we may adjust the provisional amounts recognized for an acquisition). Acquisitions of portfolios of facilities are allocated to the individual facilities based upon an income approach or a cash flow analysis using appropriate risk adjusted capitalization rates which take into account the relative size, age, and location of the individual facility along with current and projected occupancy and rental rate levels or appraised values, if available. Allocations to the individual assets and liabilities are based upon comparable market sales information for land and estimates of depreciated replacement cost of equipment, building and site improvements. In allocating the purchase price, we determine whether the acquisition includes intangible assets or liabilities. Substantially all of the leases in place at acquired properties are at market rates, as the majority of the leases are month-to-month in-place, in-place Should the initial accounting for an acquisition be incomplete by the end of a reporting period that falls within the measurement period, we will report provisional amounts in our financial statements. During the measurement period, we will adjust the provisional amounts recognized at the acquisition date to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the measurement of the amounts recognized as of that date and we will record those adjustments to our consolidated financial statements. We will recognize any measurement period adjustments during the period in which we determine the amount of the adjustment to our consolidated financial statements, potentially including adjustments to interest, depreciation and amortization expense.
Evaluation of Possible Impairment of Long-Lived Assets	Evaluation of Possible Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Management monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of our long-lived assets may not be recoverable. When indicators of potential impairment are present that indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be recoverable, we will assess the recoverability of the assets by determining whether the carrying value of the long-lived assets will be recovered through the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. In the event that such expected undiscounted future cash flows do not exceed the carrying value, we will adjust the value of the long-lived assets to the fair value and recognize an impairment loss. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, no impairment losses were recognized.
Real Estate Held for Sale	Real Estate Held for Sale We generally consider real estate to be “held for sale” when the following criteria are met: (i) management commits to a plan to sell the property, (ii) the property is available for sale immediately, (iii) the property is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value, (iv) the sale of the property within one year is considered probable and (v) significant changes to the plan to sell are not expected. Real estate that is held for sale is classified as “real estate held for sale” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the periods when it was held for sale. Real estate classified as held for sale is no longer depreciated and is reported at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell. Operating results and related gains (losses) on sale of properties that were disposed of or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business are included in continuing operations on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, consistent with current accounting guidance. During the fourth quarter of 2016, we determined that our San Antonio II property no longer met the criteria for held for sale classification and as such was reclassified to real estate facilities. In the fourth quarter of 2016 we recorded depreciation and amortization expense from the point in time we previously ceased depreciation and amortization in the first quarter of 2016 through December 31, 2016.
Revenue Recognition	Revenue Recognition Management believes that all of our leases are operating leases. Rental income is recognized in accordance with the terms of the leases, which generally are month-to-month.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Tenant accounts receivable is reported net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Management’s estimate of the allowance is based upon a review of the current status of tenant accounts receivable. It is reasonably possible that management’s estimate of the allowance will change in the future.
Real Estate Facilities	Real Estate Facilities Real estate facilities are recorded at cost. We capitalize costs incurred to develop, construct, renovate and improve properties, including interest and property taxes incurred during the construction period. The construction period begins when expenditures for the real estate assets have been made and activities that are necessary to prepare the asset for its intended use are in progress. The construction period ends when the asset is substantially complete and ready for its intended use.
Depreciation of Real Property Assets	Depreciation of Real Property Assets Our management is required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our depreciable assets. We consider the period of future benefit of the asset to determine the appropriate useful lives. Depreciation of our real property assets is charged to expense on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows: Description Standard Depreciable Life Land Not Depreciated Buildings 30-35 Site Improvements 7-10
Depreciation of Personal Property Assets	Depreciation of Personal Property Assets Personal property assets consist primarily of furniture, fixtures and equipment and are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives generally ranging from 3 to 5 years, and are included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.
Intangible Assets	Intangible Assets We have allocated a portion of our real estate purchase price to in-place in-place in-place in-place The total estimated amortization expense of intangible assets for the year ending December 31, 2017, is approximately $0.4 million, and none for the years thereafter.
Foreign Currency Translation	Foreign Currency Translation For non-U.S.
Debt Issuance Costs	Debt Issuance Costs The net carrying value of costs incurred in connection with obtaining revolving financing are presented in debt issuance costs on our consolidated balance sheets and such amount as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 totaled approximately $0.3 million and approximately $0.8 million, respectively. The net carrying value of costs incurred in connection with obtaining non-revolving
Organizational and Offering Costs	Organizational and Offering Costs Our Advisor may fund organization and offering costs on our behalf. We will be required to reimburse our Advisor for such organization and offering costs; provided, however, our Advisor must reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month in which the Primary Offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (excluding sales commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees) in excess of 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering. Such costs will be recognized as a liability when we have a present responsibility to reimburse our Advisor, which is defined in our Advisory Agreement as the date we satisfied the minimum offering requirements of our Private Offering (which occurred on May 23, 2014). If at any point in time we determine that the total organization and offering costs are expected to exceed 3.5% of the gross proceeds anticipated to be received from the Primary Offering, we will recognize such excess as a capital contribution from our Advisor. As of December 31, 2016, we do not believe total organization and offering costs will exceed 3.5% of the gross proceeds anticipated to be received from the Primary Offering. Offering costs are recorded as an offset to additional paid-in The Company pays our Dealer Manager an ongoing stockholder servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering. We will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of both Class A shares and Class T shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of the Primary Offering; (iii) the fifth anniversary of the last day of the fiscal quarter in which our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding our distribution reinvestment plan offering) terminates; and (iv) the date that such Class T share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding. Our Dealer Manager enters into participating dealer agreements with certain other broker-dealers which authorizes them to sell our shares. Upon sale of our shares by such broker-dealers, our Dealer Manager re-allows re-allow non-accountable
Redeemable Common Stock	Redeemable Common Stock We adopted a share redemption program that will enable stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. We record amounts that are redeemable under the share redemption program as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet since the shares are redeemable at the option of the holder and therefore their redemption is outside our control. The maximum amount redeemable under our share redemption program is limited to the number of shares we can repurchase with the amount of the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the distribution reinvestment plan. However, accounting guidance states that determinable amounts that can become redeemable but that are contingent on an event that is likely to occur (e.g., the passage of time) should be presented as redeemable when such amount is known. Therefore, the net proceeds from the distribution reinvestment plan are considered to be temporary equity and are presented as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. In addition, current accounting guidance requires, among other things, that financial instruments that represent a mandatory obligation of us to repurchase shares be classified as liabilities and reported at settlement value. Our redeemable common shares will be contingently redeemable at the option of the holder. When we determine we have a mandatory obligation to repurchase shares under the share redemption program, we will reclassify such obligations from temporary equity to a liability based upon their respective settlement values. For the year ended December 31, 2016 we received one redemption request for approximately 4,000 shares and approximately $36,000. Such request was fulfilled in January 2017. For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we did not receive any requests for redemptions.
Accounting for Equity Awards	Accounting for Equity Awards The cost of restricted stock is required to be measured based on the grant date fair value and the cost recognized over the relevant service period.
Fair Value Measurements	Fair Value Measurements Under GAAP, the Company is required to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, the Company is required to measure other financial instruments and balances at fair value on a non-recurring • Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access; • Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals; and • Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the assets or liabilities that are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement will fall within the lowest level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures provides a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. In determining fair value, we will utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as consider counterparty credit risk in our assessment of fair value. Considerable judgment will be necessary to interpret Level 2 and 3 inputs in determining fair value of our financial and non-financial Financial and non-financial non-recurring The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, tenant accounts receivable, other assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, distributions payable and amounts due to affiliates will approximate fair value because of their relatively short-term nature. To comply with GAAP, we incorporate credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, we will consider the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees.
Income Taxes	Income Taxes We made an election to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”), under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014. To continue to qualify as a REIT, we must meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of the REIT’s ordinary taxable income to stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction or net capital gains and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will then be subject to federal income taxes on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for four years following the year during which qualification is lost unless the IRS grants us relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially adversely affect our net income and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. However, we believe that we are organized and operate in such a manner as to continue to qualify for treatment as a REIT and intend to operate in the foreseeable future in such a manner that we will remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. Even if we continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income. We filed elections to treat our TRS as a taxable REIT subsidiary effective January 1, 2014. In general, the TRS performs additional services for our customers and generally engages in any real estate or non-real
Per Share Data	Per Share Data Basic earnings per share attributable to our common stockholders for all periods presented is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to our common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period, excluding unvested restricted stock. Diluted earnings per share is computed by including the dilutive effect of unvested restricted stock, utilizing the treasury stock method. For all periods presented the dilutive effective of unrestricted stock was not included in the diluted weighted average shares as such shares were antidilutive.
Recently Issued Accounting Guidance	Recently Issued Accounting Guidance In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 ASU 2014-09 ASU 2014-09 In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, ASU 2015-02 In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, (Subtopic 835-30): ASU 2015-03 ASU 2015-03 line-of-credit ASU 2015-15, (Subtopic 835-30), Line-of-Credit No. 2015-03 line-of-credit line-of-credit ASU 2015-03 ASU 2015-15 In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 is In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, 825-10): 2016-01 2016-01 2016-01 2016-01 2016-01 is In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, 2016-02 ASU 2016-02, right-of-use ASU 2016-02, ASU 2016-02 ASU 2016-02 In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, ASU 2016-15 In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, 2016-18 beginning-of-period end-of-period 2016-18 2016-18 In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, 2017-01 2017-01 in-substance 2017-01.

Summary of Significant Accoun23

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Estimated Useful Lives used to Depreciate Real Property Assets	Depreciation of our real property assets is charged to expense on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows: Description Standard Depreciable Life Land Not Depreciated Buildings 30-35 Site Improvements 7-10

Real Estate Facilities (Tables)

Real Estate Facilities (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Real Estate [Abstract]
Summary of Activity in Real Estate Facilities	The following summarizes the activity in real estate facilities during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015: Real estate facilities Balance at December 31, 2014 $ 18,967,479 Asset disposals (176,816 ) Facility acquisitions 40,921,250 Improvements and additions 617,486 Balance at December 31, 2015 60,329,399 Facility acquisitions 25,720,271 Finalized purchase price allocations related to fourth quarter 2015 acquisitions 563,811 Insured property damage (1) (510,872 ) Impact of foreign exchange rate changes (33,587 ) Improvements and additions 1,512,582 Balance at December 31, 2016 $ 87,581,604 Accumulated depreciation Balance at December 31, 2014 $ (182,836 ) Asset disposals 176,816 Depreciation expense (1,151,093 ) Balance at December 31, 2015 (1,157,113 ) Depreciation expense (2,143,410 ) Balance at December 31, 2016 $ (3,300,523 ) (1) Insured property damage was incurred at our San Antonio I property during the year ended December 31, 2016. An insurance claim was submitted and will cover the estimated repair costs with the exception of our $25,000 insurance deductible. In accordance with GAAP we have recorded the insurance proceeds in other assets. The property remains open and neither the damage, nor the repair process has or is expected to impact our operations.
Summary of Purchase Price Allocations for Acquisitions	The following tables summarize the purchase price allocations for our acquisitions during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015: Property Acquisition Date Real Estate Assets Intangibles Total Debt Issued 2016 Revenue (1) 2016 Property Operating Income (2) San Antonio II – TX 01/06/16 $ 11,659,852 $ 443,773 $ 12,103,625 $ 7,950,000 $ 995,515 $ 334,383 Stoney Creek – TOR – CAN (3) 02/11/16 1,516,032 — 1,516,032 — — — Torbarrie – TOR – CAN (3) 05/17/16 2,321,580 — 2,321,580 — — — Baseline – AZ 05/26/16 7,222,807 — 7,222,807 5,053,000 167,788 12,444 Asheville – NC (3) 12/30/16 3,000,000 — 3,000,000 — — — 2016 Total $ 25,720,271 $ 443,773 $ 26,164,044 $ 13,003,000 $ 1,163,303 $ 346,827 Property Acquisition Date Real Estate Assets Intangibles Total Debt Issued 2015 Revenue (1) 2015 Property Operating Income (2) Colorado Springs – Colorado 1/29/2015 $ 4,036,875 $ 180,000 $ 4,216,875 $ 2,564,614 $ 414,392 $ 200,274 Riverside – California 2/05/2015 1,986,875 90,000 2,076,875 947,524 422,072 167,241 Stockton – California 2/05/2015 1,506,875 80,000 1,586,875 439,230 377,643 166,988 Azusa – California 2/05/2015 3,976,875 210,000 4,186,875 2,500,668 617,013 362,085 Romeoville – Illinois 2/05/2015 3,246,875 180,000 3,426,875 1,852,578 474,062 230,243 Elgin – Illinois 2/05/2015 656,875 30,000 686,875 — 303,823 108,535 San Antonio I – Texas 12/17/2015 11,620,000 670,000 12,290,000 9,426,260 35,968 19,343 Kingwood – Texas 12/17/2015 8,030,000 430,000 8,460,000 6,461,880 24,722 11,696 Aurora – Colorado 12/17/2015 5,860,000 80,000 5,940,000 4,561,860 18,393 9,003 Finalized Purchase Price Allocations 563,811 (377,811 ) 186,000 — — — 2015 Total $ 41,485,061 $ 1,572,189 $ 43,057,250 $ 28,754,614 $ 2,688,088 $ 1,275,408 (1) The operating results of the facilities acquired above have been included in our consolidated statement of operations since their respective acquisition date. (2) Property operating income excludes corporate general and administrative expenses, asset management fees, interest expense, depreciation, amortization and acquisition expenses. (3) Stoney Creek, Torbarrie and Asheville are self storage properties that are under construction.

Pro Forma Financial Informati25

Pro Forma Financial Information (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Text Block [Abstract]
Summary of Consolidated Results of Operations on Pro Forma Basis	Year Ended December 31, 2016 Year Ended December 31, 2015 Pro forma revenue $ 9,326,799 $ 7,817,385 Pro forma operating expenses (10,585,142 ) (10,636,077 ) Pro forma net loss attributable to common shareholders (4,760,696 ) (6,651,115 )

Secured Debt (Tables)

Secured Debt (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Future Principal Payment Requirements on Outstanding Secured Debt	The following table presents the future principal payment requirements on outstanding secured debt as of December 31, 2016: 2017 $ 7,647,000 2018 — 2019 5,053,000 2020 — 2021 — 2022 and thereafter — Total payments 12,700,000 Non-revolving (190,692 ) Total $ 12,509,308

Related Party Transactions (Tab

Related Party Transactions (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Summary of Related Party Costs	Pursuant to the terms of the agreements described above, the following table summarizes related party costs incurred and paid by us for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, as well as any related amounts payable as of December 31, 2015 and 2016: Year Ended December 31, 2015 Year Ended December 31, 2016 Incurred Paid Payable Incurred Paid Payable Expensed Operating expenses (including organizational costs) $ 774,212 $ 748,513 $ 25,699 $ 545,696 $ 561,480 $ 9,915 Asset management fees 180,060 216,308 — 417,217 409,967 7,250 Property management fees (1) 378,190 446,336 — 565,519 565,519 — Acquisition expenses 822,798 775,620 117,075 753,090 863,741 6,424 Debt issuance costs 143,773 41,523 102,250 65,015 167,265 — Capitalized Debt issuance costs — 165,542 — — — — Other assets 20,000 107,405 — — — — Additional Paid-in Selling commissions 1,462,535 1,490,534 — 5,348,277 5,348,277 — Dealer Manager fees 365,634 372,474 5,161 1,474,763 1,380,898 99,026 Stockholder servicing fees (2) — — — 873,133 32,213 840,920 Offering costs 471,519 1,850,917 2,812 431,718 434,530 — Total $ 4,618,721 $ 6,215,172 $ 252,997 $ 10,474,428 $ 9,763,890 $ 963,535 (1) During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, property management fees include approximately $92,000 and approximately $475,000, respectively, of fees paid to the sub-property (2) The Company pays our Dealer Manager an ongoing stockholder servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share of the Class T Shares sold in the Primary Offering.

Commitments and Contingencies (

Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Stock for Redemptions Based on Number of Years Stock Held	The amount that we may pay to redeem stock for redemptions is the redemption price set forth in the following table which is based upon the number of years the stock is held: Number Years Held Redemption Price Less than 1 No Redemption Allowed 1 or more but less than 3 90.0% of Redemption Amount 3 or more but less than 4 95.0% of Redemption Amount 4 or more 100.0% of Redemption Amount

Selected Quarterly Data (Unau29

Selected Quarterly Data (Unaudited) (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Summary of Quarterly Financial Information	The following is a summary of quarterly financial information for the years ended December, 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively: Three months ended March 31, 2016 June 30, 2016 September 30, 2016 December 31, 2016 Total revenues $ 2,072,885 $ 2,249,591 $ 2,437,082 $ 2,554,201 Total operating expenses 2,979,250 2,954,341 2,486,959 2,751,160 Operating loss (906,365 ) (704,750 ) (49,877 ) (196,959 ) Net loss (1,520,001 ) (1,279,833 ) (571,599 ) (583,941 ) Net loss attributable to common shareholders (2,021,593 ) (1,783,520 ) (964,435 ) (602,913 ) Net loss per Class A share-basic and diluted (0.63 ) (0.39 ) (0.17 ) (0.09 ) Net loss per Class T share-basic and diluted (0.63 ) (0.39 ) (0.17 ) (0.09 ) Three months ended March 31, 2015 June 30, 2015 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2015 Total revenues $ 951,653 $ 1,241,755 $ 1,292,224 $ 1,371,775 Total operating expenses 1,592,434 1,619,962 1,836,662 2,159,038 Operating loss (640,781 ) (378,207 ) (544,438 ) (787,263 ) Net loss (834,329 ) (590,767 ) (758,800 ) (1,191,825 ) Net loss attributable to common shareholders (1,302,893 ) (1,154,918 ) (1,314,402 ) (1,693,559 ) Net loss per Class A share-basic and diluted (1.60 ) (1.36 ) (1.26 ) (0.82 ) Net loss per Class T share-basic and diluted — — — (0.82 )

Organization - Additional Infor

Organization - Additional Information (Detail)	Mar. 17, 2017USD ($)shares	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)StateProperty$ / sharesshares	Nov. 07, 2016	Apr. 21, 2016$ / shares	Apr. 08, 2016$ / shares	Oct. 01, 2015USD ($)$ / shares	Jan. 20, 2015USD ($)	Jan. 16, 2015USD ($)shares	Aug. 31, 2014	May 31, 2013USD ($)shares	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)StateProperty$ / sharesshares	Dec. 31, 2015USD ($)$ / sharesshares	Dec. 31, 2014USD ($)shares	Feb. 19, 2017USD ($)	Apr. 14, 2016$ / shares	Apr. 13, 2016$ / shares	Sep. 28, 2015$ / shares	May 23, 2014USD ($)	Jun. 17, 2013USD ($)
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Date of formation of company											Mar. 12, 2013
Preferred Stock, shares authorized | shares		200,000,000									200,000,000	200,000,000
Preferred Stock, par value | $ / shares		$ 0.001									$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Shares issuable pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan							$ 95,000,000
Issuance of common stock											$ 80,418,755	$ 18,920,107	$ 6,995,157
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock											$ 79,620,048	$ 18,961,011	$ 6,935,157
Extended termination of initial public offering			Jan. 19, 2018
Preferred units issued | shares												700,000	700,000
Distribution Reinvestment Plan
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Estimated value per common share | $ / shares				$ 10.05
Class A Common stock
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized | shares		350,000,000									350,000,000	350,000,000
Common stock, par value | $ / shares		$ 0.001									$ 0.001	$ 0.001					$ 0.001
Issuance of common stock											$ 5,805	$ 1,887	$ 741
Number of common stock issued | shares											5,804,542	1,887,318	740,714
Common Stock, shares issued | shares		8,607,246									8,607,246	2,676,239
Estimated value per common share | $ / shares					$ 10.05
Offering price per share | $ / shares															$ 11.17	$ 10
Class A Common stock | Subsequent Event
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of common stock issued | shares	12,529,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock	$ 134,900,000
Class A Common stock | Distribution Reinvestment Plan
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Selling price per share | $ / shares				10.05
Class T Common stock
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized | shares		350,000,000									350,000,000	350,000,000
Common stock, par value | $ / shares		$ 0.001									$ 0.001	$ 0.001					$ 0.001
Issuance of common stock											$ 1,692	$ 18	$ 0
Number of common stock issued | shares											1,692,172	17,951	0
Common Stock, shares issued | shares		1,716,957									1,716,957	18,086
Estimated value per common share | $ / shares					$ 10.05
Offering price per share | $ / shares															$ 10.58	$ 9.47
Class T Common stock | Subsequent Event
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of common stock issued | shares	4,265,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock	$ 44,900,000
Class T Common stock | Distribution Reinvestment Plan
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Selling price per share | $ / shares				$ 10.05
Private Offering
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized amount																			$ 109,500,000
Minimum offering requirements of private offering																		$ 1,000,000
Issuance of common stock								$ 7,800,000
Number of common stock issued | shares								830,000
Primary Offering | Subsequent Event
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized amount														$ 200,000,000
Public and private offerings | Class A Common stock
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Common Stock, shares issued | shares		8,500,000									8,500,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock		$ 89,500,000
Public and private offerings | Class T Common stock
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of common stock issued | shares		1,700,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock		$ 17,900,000
Number of owned self storage facilities | Property		17									17
Number of states in which wholly-owned self storage facilities are located | State		8									8
The advisor
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Number of common stock issued | shares										100
Issuance of common stock										$ 1,000
Advisor purchased a limited partnership interest in Operating Partnership											$ 201,000
Initial capital contribution										$ 1,000
Dealer Manager | Chief Executive Officer
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of non-voting equity interest									15.00%		15.00%
Affiliate | The advisor
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Percentage owned by affiliate in Advisor											2.50%
SmartStop Asset Management
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of non-voting equity interest						15.00%
Maximum | Primary Offering
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized amount							$ 1,000,000,000
SmartStop Self Storage, Inc.
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Date of formation of company											Aug. 31, 2014
Sale price per share | $ / shares						$ 13.75
Enterprise value on sale						$ 1,400,000,000
SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. | The advisor
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Economic Interests									97.50%
Percentage of voting membership interest									100.00%
SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. | Strategic Storage Growth Property Management LLC
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of voting membership interest									100.00%
Strategic Storage Growth Operating Partnership
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partnership interests		99.80%									99.80%
Strategic Storage Growth Operating Partnership | Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units [Member]
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Preferred units issued | shares		700,000									700,000
Preferred Investor
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Preferred investor investment in operating partnership		$ 17,500,000									$ 17,500,000	$ 17,500,000	$ 17,500,000
Preferred Investor | The advisor
Organization and Nature of Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partnership interests owned by noncontrolling owners		0.20%									0.20%

Summary of Significant Accoun31

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Payments to acquire intangible assets	$ 400,000	$ 1,600,000
Business acquisition, transaction costs	1,000,000	1,100,000	$ 600,000
Impairment losses recognized	0	0
Gross amount of lease intangibles	2,700,000	2,700,000
Accumulated amortization of lease intangibles	2,300,000	1,200,000
Estimated amortization expenses of intangible assets in 2017	400,000
Estimated amortization expenses of intangible assets after year 2017	0
Debt issuance costs	$ 292,160	801,005
Maximum period for reimbursement of offering cost	60 days
Maximum offering cost rate	3.50%
Underwriting compensation	10.00%
Maximum percentage other non-accountable expenses	3.00%
Value of redemption request of shares	$ 36,450	0	$ 0
Minimum percentage of ordinary taxable income to be distributed to stockholders	90.00%
Restricted cash	$ 0	$ 0
Distributions
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Share issued under distribution reinvestment plan	4,000	0	0
Non Revolving Financing
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs	$ 190,692	$ 0
Revolving Financing
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs	$ 300,000	$ 800,000
Primary Offering Dealer Manager Agreement
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of proceeds from sale of Class A and Class T shares	10.00%
Underwriting compensation	10.00%
Maximum percentage other non-accountable expenses	3.00%
Primary Offering Dealer Manager Agreement | Class T Common stock
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Monthly stockholder servicing fee accrual description	1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share
Personal Property Assets | Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	3 years
Personal Property Assets | Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	5 years

Estimated Useful Lives used to

Estimated Useful Lives used to Depreciate Real Property Assets (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Land
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Standard Depreciable Life	Not Depreciated
Buildings | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Standard Depreciable Life	30 years
Buildings | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Standard Depreciable Life	35 years
Site Improvements | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Standard Depreciable Life	7 years
Site Improvements | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Standard Depreciable Life	10 years

Summary of Activity in Real Est

Summary of Activity in Real Estate Facilities (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Real estate facilities
Balance at beginning of year	$ 60,329,399	$ 18,967,479
Asset disposals		176,816
Facility acquisitions	25,720,271	40,921,250
Finalized purchase price allocations related to fourth quarter 2015 acquisitions	563,811
Insured property damage	(510,872)
Impact of foreign exchange rate changes	(33,587)
Improvements and additions	1,512,582	617,486
Balance at end of year	87,581,604	60,329,399
Accumulated depreciation
Accumulated depreciation, beginning balance	(1,157,113)	(182,836)
Asset disposals		176,816
Depreciation expense	(2,143,410)	(1,151,093)
Accumulated depreciation, ending balance	$ (3,300,523)	$ (1,157,113)

Summary of Activity in Real E34

Summary of Activity in Real Estate Facilities (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)
San Antonio I
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Insurance deductible amount	$ 25,000

Summary of Purchase Price Alloc

Summary of Purchase Price Allocations for Acquisitions (Detail) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Assets		$ 25,720,271	$ 41,485,061
Intangibles		443,773	1,572,189
Total		26,164,044	43,057,250
Debt Issued		13,003,000	28,754,614
Revenue	[1]	1,163,303	2,688,088
Property Operating Income	[2]	$ 346,827	$ 1,275,408
San Antonio II | TX
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date		Jan. 6, 2016
Real Estate Assets		$ 11,659,852
Intangibles		443,773
Total		12,103,625
Debt Issued		7,950,000
Revenue	[1]	995,515
Property Operating Income	[2]	$ 334,383
Stoney Creek - TOR | CAN
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date	[3]	Feb. 11, 2016
Real Estate Assets	[3]	$ 1,516,032
Intangibles	[3]	0
Total	[3]	1,516,032
Debt Issued	[3]	0
Revenue	[1],[3]	0
Property Operating Income	[2],[3]	$ 0
Torbarrie - TOR | CAN
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date	[3]	May 17, 2016
Real Estate Assets	[3]	$ 2,321,580
Intangibles	[3]	0
Total	[3]	2,321,580
Debt Issued	[3]	0
Revenue	[1],[3]	0
Property Operating Income	[2],[3]	$ 0
Baseline | AZ
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date		May 26, 2016
Real Estate Assets		$ 7,222,807
Intangibles		0
Total		7,222,807
Debt Issued		5,053,000
Revenue	[1]	167,788
Property Operating Income	[2]	$ 12,444
Asheville | NC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date	[3]	Dec. 30, 2016
Real Estate Assets	[3]	$ 3,000,000
Intangibles	[3]	0
Total	[3]	3,000,000
Debt Issued	[3]	0
Revenue	[1],[3]	0
Property Operating Income	[2],[3]	$ 0
Colorado Springs | Colorado
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Jan. 29, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 4,036,875
Intangibles			180,000
Total			4,216,875
Debt Issued			2,564,614
Revenue	[1]		414,392
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 200,274
Riverside | California
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Feb. 5, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 1,986,875
Intangibles			90,000
Total			2,076,875
Debt Issued			947,524
Revenue	[1]		422,072
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 167,241
Stockton | California
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Feb. 5, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 1,506,875
Intangibles			80,000
Total			1,586,875
Debt Issued			439,230
Revenue	[1]		377,643
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 166,988
Azusa | California
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Feb. 5, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 3,976,875
Intangibles			210,000
Total			4,186,875
Debt Issued			2,500,668
Revenue	[1]		617,013
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 362,085
Romeoville | Illinois
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Feb. 5, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 3,246,875
Intangibles			180,000
Total			3,426,875
Debt Issued			1,852,578
Revenue	[1]		474,062
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 230,243
Elgin | Illinois
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Feb. 5, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 656,875
Intangibles			30,000
Total			686,875
Debt Issued			0
Revenue	[1]		303,823
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 108,535
San Antonio I | TX
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Dec. 17, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 11,620,000
Intangibles			670,000
Total			12,290,000
Debt Issued			9,426,260
Revenue	[1]		35,968
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 19,343
Kingwood | TX
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Dec. 17, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 8,030,000
Intangibles			430,000
Total			8,460,000
Debt Issued			6,461,880
Revenue	[1]		24,722
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 11,696
Aurora | Colorado
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Date			Dec. 17, 2015
Real Estate Assets			$ 5,860,000
Intangibles			80,000
Total			5,940,000
Debt Issued			4,561,860
Revenue	[1]		18,393
Property Operating Income	[2]		9,003
Finalized Purchase Price Allocations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Assets			563,811
Intangibles			(377,811)
Total			186,000
Debt Issued			0
Revenue	[1]		0
Property Operating Income	[2]		$ 0
[1]	The operating results of the facilities acquired above have been included in our consolidated statement of operations since their respective acquisition date.
[2]	Property operating income excludes corporate general and administrative expenses, asset management fees, interest expense, depreciation, amortization and acquisition expenses.
[3]	Stoney Creek, Torbarrie and Asheville are self storage properties that are under construction.

Real Estate Facilities - Additi

Real Estate Facilities - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in purchase price allocation, intangible assets								$ (500,000)	$ (800,000)
Increase (decrease) in depreciation expense related to purchase price allocation	$ 40,000	$ 40,000	$ 41,000	$ 5,000	$ 10,000	$ 9,000	$ 6,000	(100,000)	25,000
Increase (decrease) in amortization expense related to purchase price allocation	$ (64,000)	$ (64,000)	$ (76,000)	$ (8,000)	$ (75,000)	$ (74,000)	$ (45,000)	(200,000)	(200,000)
Acquisition fees incurred to the advisor								500,000	600,000
Buildings
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in purchase price allocation, property, plant and equipment								2,800,000	1,800,000
Land
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in purchase price allocation, property, plant and equipment								(800,000)	(800,000)
Site Improvements
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in purchase price allocation, property, plant and equipment								$ (1,500,000)	$ (200,000)

Summary of Consolidated Results

Summary of Consolidated Results of Operations on Pro Forma Basis (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Pro forma revenue	$ 9,326,799	$ 7,817,385
Pro forma operating expenses	(10,585,142)	(10,636,077)
Pro forma net loss attributable to common shareholders	$ (4,760,696)	$ (6,651,115)

Pro Forma Financial Informati38

Pro Forma Financial Information - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Pro forma acquisition related expenses	$ 0.8	$ 1.1

Secured Debt - Additional Infor

Secured Debt - Additional Information (Detail) CAD in Millions	Nov. 03, 2016CAD	May 26, 2016USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)Option	Aug. 01, 2016USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt, outstanding principal balance			$ 12,509,308	$ 12,509,308		$ 38,300,000
Loan agreement amount			12,700,000	12,700,000
Torbarrie Property [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amounts drawn			$ 0	$ 0
Torbarrie Property [Member] | Toronto, Canada
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility applicable interest rate	1.95%
Maximum borrowing amount under the loan | CAD	CAD 9.7
Debt instrument maturity date				The Torbarrie Loan has a 4-year term beginning the first day of the month following the initial advance under the Torbarrie Loan and monthly payments due under the Torbarrie Loan are interest-only.
Debt service coverage ratio	1.10%
Amortization period	25 years
Baseline Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility interest rate			3.40%	3.40%
Loan agreement amount		$ 5,100,000
Maturity date				May 26, 2019
LIBOR | Baseline Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility applicable interest rate		2.75%		2.75%
Royal Bank of Canada Prime Rate | Torbarrie Property [Member] | Toronto, Canada
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument prime rate	2.70%
Minimum | Baseline Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility interest rate		3.25%
Operating Partnership
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount for interest rate cap					$ 35,000,000
Effective interest rate cap on derivative instrument					5.25%
KeyBank Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowings under credit facility							$ 40,000,000
Revolving loan initial term				3 years
Revolving loan maturity date				Jul. 31, 2017
Line of credit facility, term of extension options				1 year
Line of credit facility, number of extension options | Option				2
Line of credit facility, description				The KeyBank Facility has an initial term of three years, maturing on July 31, 2017, with two one-year extension options subject to certain conditions outlined further in the Credit Agreement. Payments due pursuant to the KeyBank Facility are interest-only for the first 36 months and a 30-year amortization schedule thereafter. The KeyBank Facility bears interest at the Borrower's option of either (i) LIBOR plus 325 basis points, or (ii) Base Rate plus 225 basis points. Base Rate is the greater of (i) Agent Prime or (ii) the Fed Funds rate plus 0.50%. Additionally, an unused line fee of 25 basis points is assessed on the average daily unused amount of the maximum potential amount we may borrow. As of December 31, 2016, the interest rate was approximately 3.9%, which was based on LIBOR plus 325 basis points.
Line of credit facility interest-only period				36 months
Line of credit facility amortization schedule				30 years
Line of credit facility interest rate			3.90%	3.90%
Minimum debt service coverage ratio				1.35%
Total leverage ratio			60.00%	60.00%
Percent of collateral properties used for aggregate borrowing capacity				55.00%
Minimum tangible net worth				$ 5,937,713
Minimum interest service coverage ratio December 31, 2016 and on each quarter end thereafter;			1.85%
Minimum fixed charge ratio				1.60%
Ratio of varying rate indebtedness			30.00%	30.00%
Percentage of required loan to value ratio				55.00%
Percentage of net proceeds of equity received				80.00%
Secured debt, outstanding principal balance			$ 7,600,000	$ 7,600,000		$ 38,300,000
KeyBank Facility | LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility applicable interest rate				3.25%
KeyBank Facility | Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility applicable interest rate				2.25%
KeyBank Facility | Fed Funds Rate Plus
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility applicable interest rate				0.50%
KeyBank Facility | Unused Fee
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility applicable interest rate				0.25%

Future Principal Payment Requir

Future Principal Payment Requirements on Outstanding Secured Debt (Detail) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal [Line Items]
2,017	$ 7,647,000
2,018	0
2,019	5,053,000
2,020	0
2,021	0
2022 and thereafter	0
Total payments	12,700,000
Non-revolving debt issuance costs, net	(292,160)	$ (801,005)
Total	12,509,308	38,300,000
Non Revolving Financing
Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal [Line Items]
Non-revolving debt issuance costs, net	$ (190,692)	$ 0

Preferred Equity - Additional I

Preferred Equity - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Preferred investor received				700,000	700,000
Redeemed liquidation amount of preferred units in operating partnership			$ 0	$ 0
Distributions payment to preferred unitholders in our Operating Partnership	$ 0		$ 1,500,000
Distribution description			The holder of Preferred Units receives current distributions (the “Current Distributions”) at a rate of one-month LIBOR plus 6.5% per annum on the Liquidation Amount, payable monthly and calculated on an actual/360 basis. In addition to the Current Distributions, our Operating Partnership has the obligation to elect either to (A) pay the holder of the Preferred Units additional distributions monthly in an amount that will accrue at the rate of: (i) 4.35% until January 31, 2017; and (ii) thereafter, 6.35% or (B) defer the additional distributions in an amount that will accrue monthly at the rate of (i) for the period until January 31, 2017, LIBOR plus 10.85% and (ii) thereafter, LIBOR plus 12.85% (the “Deferred Distributions”). As of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had elected to defer the additional distributions and had accrued approximately $1.4 million and $0.9 million of such distributions, respectively.
Distributions payable to preferred unitholders in our Operating Partnership			$ 0	1,042,394
Additional Distributions
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Distribution rate			4.35%
Distribution rate, thereafter			6.35%
Deferred Distributions
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Distributions payable to preferred unitholders in our Operating Partnership				900,000
LIBOR | Current Distributions
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Distribution rate description			One-month LIBOR plus 6.5%
Distribution rate			6.50%
LIBOR | Deferred Distributions
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Distribution rate description			LIBOR plus 10.85%
Distribution rate			10.85%
Distribution rate, thereafter			12.85%
Distribution rate thereafter, description			LIBOR plus 12.85%
Preferred Equity in our Operating Partnership
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Redeemed liquidation amount of preferred units in operating partnership	$ 0	$ 1,500,000	$ 15,961,576	1,500,000
Preferred Investor
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Preferred investor investment in operating partnership			$ 17,500,000	$ 17,500,000	$ 17,500,000
Unit Purchase Agreement
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Liquidation preference						$ 25
Unit Purchase Agreement | Maximum
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Redeemable preferred equity						$ 18,100,000
Preferred investor received						724,000

Related Party Transactions - Ad

Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail)	Oct. 01, 2015USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)Property	Dec. 31, 2015USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum period for reimbursement of offering cost			60 days
Maximum offering cost rate			3.50%
Gross proceeds from Public Offering, threshold percentage of expenses for reimbursement			15.00%
Monthly asset management fee			0.04167%
Monthly asset management fee one twelfth of less than one percentage of asset value payable			One-twelfth of 0.5%
Disposition fees percentage of sale price of property			1.00%
Operating expenses reimbursement percentage of average investment in assets			2.00%	2.00%
Operating expenses reimbursement percentage of net income			25.00%	25.00%
Operating expenses exceed limitation			12 months
Maximum days for disclosure fact			60 days
Underwriting compensation			10.00%
Maximum percentage other non-accountable expenses			3.00%
One-time fee for Property Manager			$ 3,750
Construction management fee			5.00%
Cost of construction or capital improvement work			$ 10,000
Property administration fee			0.50
Manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property Manager receives fee for services			$ 3,000
Percentage of fee of Property Manager			6.00%
Dealer Manager | Chief Executive Officer
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of non-voting equity interest		15.00%	15.00%
The advisor
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total operating expenses from transactions with related party				$ 255,000
The advisor | Affiliate
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage owned by affiliate in Advisor			2.50%
SmartStop Asset Management
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of non-voting equity interest	15.00%
Private Offering Dealer Manager Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum sale commission fees percentage of proceed from Private Offering			7.00%
Maximum dealer manager commission fee percentage of proceeds from Private Offering			3.75%
Primary Offering Dealer Manager Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of proceeds from sale of Class A and Class T shares			10.00%
Underwriting compensation			10.00%
Maximum percentage other non-accountable expenses			3.00%
Primary Offering Dealer Manager Agreement | Class A Common stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum sale commission fees percentage of proceed from Primary Offering			7.00%
Maximum dealer manager commission fee percentage of proceeds from Primary Offering			3.00%
Primary Offering Dealer Manager Agreement | Class T Common stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum sale commission fees percentage of proceed from Primary Offering			2.00%
Maximum dealer manager commission fee percentage of proceeds from Primary Offering			3.00%
Monthly stockholder servicing fee accrual description			1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share
Monthly stockholder servicing fee accrual percentage			0.00003%
Property Management Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management agreement date			Oct. 1, 2015
Term of property management agreement	3 years
Renewal term of property management agreement	1 year
Period of prior written notice for termination of property management agreement	90 days
Property Management agreement, termination description			The property management agreements have a three year term and automatically renew for successive one year periods thereafter, unless we or our Property Manager provides prior written notice at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the term. We may terminate a property management agreement without cause at any time during the initial three year term if we pay the Property Manager a termination fee equal to the Set-Up Amount, reduced by 1/36th of the Set-Up Amount for every full month of the term. After the end of the initial three year term, we may terminate a property management agreement on 30 days prior written notice without payment of a termination fee. Our Property Manager may terminate a property management agreement on 60 days prior written notice to us.
Notice period for property management agreement	30 days
Notice period for property management agreement by property manager	60 days
Sub Property Management Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of property management agreement	3 years
Renewal term of property management agreement	1 year
Period of prior written notice for termination of property management agreement	90 days
Property Management agreement, termination description			The sub-property management agreements also have a three year term and automatically renew for successive one year periods thereafter, unless our Property Manager or Extra Space provides prior written notice at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the term. Our Property Manager may terminate the sub-property management agreement without cause at any time during the initial three year term if it pays Extra Space a termination fee equal to the Set-Up Amount, reduced by 1/36th of the Set-Up Amount for every full month of the term. After the end of the initial three year term, our Property Manager may terminate a sub-property management agreement on 30 days prior written notice without payment of a termination fee. Extra Space may terminate a property management agreement on 60 days prior written notice to our Property Manager.
Notice period for property management agreement	30 days
Notice period for property management agreement by property manager	60 days
Private Offering
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rate of acquisition fees of purchase price of contract			1.00%
Public Offering
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rate of acquisition fees of purchase price of contract			1.75%
Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing fee			0.50%
Commission percentage of sale price of property			6.00%
Number of operating self storage facilities | Property			12
Maximum | Property Management Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Signage and set-up costs associated with converting each property to extra space brand	$ 25,000
Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of operating self storage facilities | Property			3
Minimum | Property Management Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property management monthly management fee	$ 2,500
Property management monthly management fee, percentage on gross revenue	6.00%
Minimum | Sub Property Management Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property management monthly management fee	$ 2,500
Property management monthly management fee, percentage on gross revenue	6.00%
CAN
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of net tenant protection plan revenues received			50.00%
CAN | Property Manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of net tenant protection plan revenues received			50.00%

Summary of Related Party Costs

Summary of Related Party Costs (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	$ 10,474,428	$ 4,618,721
Related party costs, Paid	9,763,890	6,215,172
Related party costs, Payable	963,535	252,997
Operating expenses (including organizational costs)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	545,696	774,212
Related party costs, Paid	561,480	748,513
Related party costs, Payable	9,915	25,699
Asset management fees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	417,217	180,060
Related party costs, Paid	409,967	216,308
Related party costs, Payable	7,250	0
Property management fees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	565,519	378,190
Related party costs, Paid	565,519	446,336
Related party costs, Payable	0	0
Acquisition expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	753,090	822,798
Related party costs, Paid	863,741	775,620
Related party costs, Payable	6,424	117,075
Debt Issuance Costs, Expensed
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	65,015	143,773
Related party costs, Paid	167,265	41,523
Related party costs, Payable	0	102,250
Debt Issuance Costs, Capitalized
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	0	0
Related party costs, Paid	0	165,542
Related party costs, Payable	0	0
Other assets, Capitalized
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	0	20,000
Related party costs, Paid	0	107,405
Related party costs, Payable	0	0
Selling Commissions, Additional Paid In Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	5,348,277	1,462,535
Related party costs, Paid	5,348,277	1,490,534
Related party costs, Payable	0	0
Dealer Manager fees, Additional Paid In Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	1,474,763	365,634
Related party costs, Paid	1,380,898	372,474
Related party costs, Payable	99,026	5,161
Stockholder Servicing Fees, Additional Paid In Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	873,133	0
Related party costs, Paid	32,213	0
Related party costs, Payable	840,920	0
Offering costs, Additional Paid In Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Incurred	431,718	471,519
Related party costs, Paid	434,530	1,850,917
Related party costs, Payable	$ 0	$ 2,812

Summary of Related Party Cost44

Summary of Related Party Costs (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Paid	$ 9,763,890	$ 6,215,172
Property management fees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Paid	565,519	446,336
Property management fees | Sub-property manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Paid	475,000	92,000
Selling Commissions, Additional Paid In Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs, Paid	$ 5,348,277	$ 1,490,534
Selling Commissions, Additional Paid In Capital | Dealer Manager | Class T Common stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Monthly stockholder servicing fee accrual description	1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share

Commitments and Contingencies -

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Apr. 21, 2016	Apr. 08, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Share issued under distribution reinvestment plan			113,000
Issuance of shares pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan			$ 1,112,347	$ 10,706	$ 0
Class A Common stock
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated value per common share		$ 10.05
Share issued under distribution reinvestment plan			105,271	1,127
Issuance of shares pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan			$ 105	$ 1
Class T Common stock
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated value per common share		$ 10.05
Share issued under distribution reinvestment plan			6,115	0
Issuance of shares pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan			$ 6	$ 0
Distributions
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Share issued under distribution reinvestment plan			4,000
Issuance of shares pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan			$ 36,000
Distribution Reinvestment Plan
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Amendment, suspension or termination period for distribution reinvestment Plan			10 days
Sales commission or dealer manager fee payable			$ 0
Estimated value per common share	$ 10.05
Distribution Reinvestment Plan | Class A Common stock
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Share issued under distribution reinvestment plan			105,000
Distribution Reinvestment Plan | Class T Common stock
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Share issued under distribution reinvestment plan			6,000
Share Redemption Program
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Amendment, suspension or termination period of share			30 days
Maximum weighted average number of shares outstanding percentage			5.00%
Share Redemption Program | Minimum
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Shareholders share holding period			1 year

Stock for Redemptions Based on

Stock for Redemptions Based on Number of Years Stock Held (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Less than 1
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption by Settlement Terms [Line Items]
Redemption price	0.00%
1 or more but less than 3
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption by Settlement Terms [Line Items]
Redemption price	90.00%
3 or more but less than 4
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption by Settlement Terms [Line Items]
Redemption price	95.00%
4 or More
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption by Settlement Terms [Line Items]
Redemption price	100.00%

Potential Acquisitions - Additi

Potential Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)
Pembroke Pines Property Purchase Agreement
Potential Acquisitions [Line Items]
Allocated purchase price for potential business acquisitions	$ 15.7

Summary of Quarterly Financial

Summary of Quarterly Financial Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule Of Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 2,554,201	$ 2,437,082	$ 2,249,591	$ 2,072,885	$ 1,371,775	$ 1,292,224	$ 1,241,755	$ 951,653	$ 9,313,759	$ 4,857,407	$ 665,135
Total operating expenses	2,751,160	2,486,959	2,954,341	2,979,250	2,159,038	1,836,662	1,619,962	1,592,434	11,171,710	7,208,096	1,885,073
Operating loss	(196,959)	(49,877)	(704,750)	(906,365)	(787,263)	(544,438)	(378,207)	(640,781)	(1,857,951)	(2,350,689)	(1,219,938)
Net loss	(583,941)	(571,599)	(1,279,833)	(1,520,001)	(1,191,825)	(758,800)	(590,767)	(834,329)	(3,955,374)	(3,375,721)	(1,435,635)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders	$ (602,913)	$ (964,435)	$ (1,783,520)	$ (2,021,593)	$ (1,693,559)	$ (1,314,402)	$ (1,154,918)	$ (1,302,893)	(5,372,461)	(5,465,772)	(1,817,257)
Class A Common stock
Schedule Of Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Net loss attributable to common shareholders									$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Net loss per share-basic and diluted	$ (0.09)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.39)	$ (0.63)	$ (0.82)	$ (1.26)	$ (1.36)	$ (1.60)	$ (0.99)	$ (4.59)	$ (7.31)
Class T Common stock
Schedule Of Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]
Net loss attributable to common shareholders									$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Net loss per share-basic and diluted	$ (0.09)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.39)	$ (0.63)	$ (0.82)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ (0.99)	$ (4.59)	$ 0

Selected Quarterly Data - Addit

Selected Quarterly Data - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Increase (decrease) in depreciation expense related to purchase price allocation	$ 40,000	$ 40,000	$ 41,000	$ 5,000	$ 10,000	$ 9,000	$ 6,000	$ (100,000)	$ 25,000
Increase (decrease) in amortization expense related to purchase price allocation	$ (64,000)	$ (64,000)	$ (76,000)	$ (8,000)	$ (75,000)	$ (74,000)	$ (45,000)	$ (200,000)	$ (200,000)

Declaration of Distributions -

Declaration of Distributions - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 20, 2016$ / shares
Class A Common stock
Schedule Of Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Common stock daily distribution declared	$ 0.0010958904
Cash distribution record date start	Jan. 1, 2017
Cash distribution record date end	Mar. 31, 2017
Class T Common stock
Schedule Of Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Common stock daily distribution declared	$ 0.0010958904
Cash distribution record date start	Jan. 1, 2017
Cash distribution record date end	Mar. 31, 2017

Subsequent Events - Additional

Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail)

Mar. 17, 2017USD ($)shares

Mar. 16, 2017USD ($)Store

Mar. 14, 2017$ / shares

Mar. 10, 2017USD ($)

Mar. 02, 2017USD ($)Property

Mar. 01, 2017USD ($)

Jan. 13, 2017USD ($)Store

Dec. 20, 2016$ / shares

Aug. 24, 2016USD ($)

Mar. 22, 2017USD ($)

Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)shares

Dec. 31, 2015USD ($)shares

Dec. 31, 2014USD ($)shares

Feb. 19, 2017USD ($)

Jan. 20, 2015USD ($)

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Acquisition fees incurred to the advisor

$ 500,000

$ 600,000

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock

79,620,048

18,961,011

$ 6,935,157

Secured debt, outstanding principal balance

$ 12,509,308

$ 38,300,000

San Antonio II Property [Member]

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Proceeds from sale of property

$ 15,650,000

Deposits received for sale of real estate facilities

$ 250,000

Primary Offering | Maximum

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Common stock, shares authorized amount

$ 1,000,000,000

Class A Common stock

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Common stock daily distribution declared | $ / shares

$ 0.0010958904

Cash distribution record date start

Jan. 1, 2017

Cash distribution record date end

Mar. 31, 2017

Common stock issued in connection with Offering | shares

5,804,542

1,887,318

740,714

Class T Common stock

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Common stock daily distribution declared | $ / shares

$ 0.0010958904

Cash distribution record date start

Jan. 1, 2017

Cash distribution record date end

Mar. 31, 2017

Common stock issued in connection with Offering | shares

1,692,172

17,951

0

KeyBank Facility

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Secured debt, outstanding principal balance

$ 7,600,000

$ 38,300,000

Subsequent Event

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Cash distribution record date start

Apr. 1, 2017

Cash distribution record date end

Jun. 30, 2017

Subsequent Event | Sarasota, Florida

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Allocated purchase price for potential business acquisitions

$ 7,400,000

Subsequent Event | SecureCare Portfolio

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Allocated purchase price for potential business acquisitions

$ 11,000,000

Number of properties to be acquired | Property

2

Subsequent Event | San Antonio II Property [Member]

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Deposits returned for sale of real estate facilities

$ 250,000

Subsequent Event | Primary Offering

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Common stock, shares authorized amount

$ 200,000,000

Subsequent Event | Auction Company | Maximum

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Service fees payment

$ 50

Subsequent Event | Common Class A and T

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Common stock daily distribution declared | $ / shares

$ 0.0010958904

Subsequent Event | Class A Common stock

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Common stock issued in connection with Offering | shares

12,529,000

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock

$ 134,900,000

Subsequent Event | Class T Common stock

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Common stock issued in connection with Offering | shares

4,265,000

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock

$ 44,900,000

Subsequent Event | KeyBank Facility

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Secured debt, outstanding principal balance

$ 0

Subsequent Event | Elk Grove Village, Illinois [Member]

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Purchase price of Property

$ 10,100,000

Acquisition fees incurred to the advisor

$ 180,000

Number of self storage facilities acquired | Store

1

Subsequent Event | Garden Grove, California

Subsequent Event [Line Items]

Purchase price of Property

$ 18,400,000

Acquisition fees incurred to the advisor

$ 320,000

Number of self storage facilities acquired | Store

1

Schedule III - Real Estate an52

Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 12,700,000
Initial Cost to Company, Land	24,313,252
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	61,537,079
Initial Cost to Company, Total	85,850,331
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	1,731,273
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	24,315,650
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	63,265,954
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	87,581,604
Accumulated Depreciation	(3,300,523)
Fort Pierce | Florida
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	401,501
Initial Cost to Company, Land	700,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	3,060,000
Initial Cost to Company, Total	3,760,000
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	101,606
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	700,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	3,161,606
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	3,861,606
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (271,548)
Date of Construction	2,008
Date Acquired	Jul. 31, 2014
Las Vegas I | Nevada
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 962,638
Initial Cost to Company, Land	2,180,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	6,865,000
Initial Cost to Company, Total	9,045,000
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	213,580
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	2,180,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	7,078,580
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	9,258,580
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (603,287)
Date of Construction	1,999
Date Acquired	Jul. 31, 2014
Las Vegas II | Nevada
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 625,446
Initial Cost to Company, Land	1,380,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	4,460,000
Initial Cost to Company, Total	5,840,000
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	175,494
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	1,380,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	4,635,494
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	6,015,494
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (356,059)
Date of Construction	1,996
Date Acquired	Sep. 29, 2014
Colorado Springs | Colorado
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 456,182
Initial Cost to Company, Land	1,510,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	2,526,875
Initial Cost to Company, Total	4,036,875
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	350,653
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	1,510,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	2,877,528
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	4,387,528
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (216,505)
Date of Construction	1,983
Date Acquired	Jan. 29, 2015
Riverside | California
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 244,654
Initial Cost to Company, Land	220,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	1,766,875
Initial Cost to Company, Total	1,986,875
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	366,184
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	220,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	2,133,059
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	2,353,059
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (145,366)
Date of Construction	1,980
Date Acquired	Feb. 5, 2015
Stockton | California
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 162,102
Initial Cost to Company, Land	150,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	1,356,875
Initial Cost to Company, Total	1,506,875
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	52,209
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	150,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	1,409,084
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	1,559,084
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (108,544)
Date of Construction	1,984
Date Acquired	Feb. 5, 2015
Azusa | California
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 440,218
Initial Cost to Company, Land	1,260,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	2,716,875
Initial Cost to Company, Total	3,976,875
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	257,111
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	1,260,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	2,973,986
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	4,233,986
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (212,055)
Date of Construction	1,986
Date Acquired	Feb. 5, 2015
Romeoville | Illinois
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 370,428
Initial Cost to Company, Land	480,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	2,766,875
Initial Cost to Company, Total	3,246,875
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	315,872
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	480,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	3,082,747
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	3,562,747
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (222,888)
Date of Construction	1,986
Date Acquired	Feb. 5, 2015
Elgin | Illinois
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 102,996
Initial Cost to Company, Land	110,000
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	546,875
Initial Cost to Company, Total	656,875
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	333,735
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	110,000
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	880,610
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	990,610
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (61,523)
Date of Construction	1,986
Date Acquired	Feb. 5, 2015
San Antonio I | TX
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 1,113,251
Initial Cost to Company, Land	4,069,211
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	7,122,002
Initial Cost to Company, Total	11,191,213
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	(484,053)
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	4,069,211
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	6,637,949
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	10,707,160
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (239,107)
Date of Construction	1,998
Date Acquired	Dec. 17, 2015
Kingwood | TX
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 815,519
Initial Cost to Company, Land	3,622,192
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	4,162,277
Initial Cost to Company, Total	7,784,469
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	59,134
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	3,622,192
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	4,221,411
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	7,843,603
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (162,052)
Date of Construction	2,001
Date Acquired	Dec. 17, 2015
Aurora | Colorado
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 739,242
Initial Cost to Company, Land	1,154,219
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	5,943,909
Initial Cost to Company, Total	7,098,128
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	11,847
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	1,154,219
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	5,955,756
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	7,109,975
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (263,135)
Date of Construction	2,015
Date Acquired	Dec. 17, 2015
San Antonio Two [Member] | TX
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 1,212,823
Initial Cost to Company, Land	2,406,214
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	9,253,638
Initial Cost to Company, Total	11,659,852
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	4,988
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	2,406,214
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	9,258,626
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	11,664,840
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (306,661)
Date of Construction	2,004
Date Acquired	Jan. 6, 2016
Stoney Creek [Member] | Ontario, Canada [Member]
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 0
Initial Cost to Company, Land	1,516,032
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	0
Initial Cost to Company, Total	1,516,032
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	56,894
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	1,572,926
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	0
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	1,572,926
Accumulated Depreciation	$ 0
Date Acquired	Feb. 11, 2016
Torbarrie - TOR | Ontario, Canada [Member]
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 0
Initial Cost to Company, Land	1,422,904
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	898,676
Initial Cost to Company, Total	2,321,580
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	(90,480)
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	1,368,408
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	862,692
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	2,231,100
Accumulated Depreciation	$ 0
Date of Construction	1,980
Date Acquired	May 17, 2016
Phoenix [Member] | AZ
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 5,053,000
Initial Cost to Company, Land	710,796
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	6,512,011
Initial Cost to Company, Total	7,222,807
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	6,499
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	710,796
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	6,518,510
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	7,229,306
Accumulated Depreciation	$ (131,793)
Date of Construction	2,016
Date Acquired	May 26, 2016
Asheville | NC
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrance	$ 0
Initial Cost to Company, Land	1,421,684
Initial Cost to Company, Building and Improvements	1,578,316
Initial Cost to Company, Total	3,000,000
Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition	0
Gross Carrying Amount, Land	1,421,684
Gross Carrying Amount, Building and Improvements	1,578,316
Gross Carrying Amount, Total	3,000,000
Accumulated Depreciation	$ 0
Date of Construction	1,982
Date Acquired	Dec. 30, 2016

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Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)
San Antonio I
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Insurance deductible amount	$ 25,000

Schedule III - Activity in Real

Schedule III - Activity in Real Estate Facilities (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Real estate facilities
Balance at beginning of year	$ 60,329,399	$ 18,967,479
Facility acquisitions	25,720,271	40,921,250
Finalized purchase price allocations related to fourth quarter 2015 acquisitions	563,811
Insured property damage	(510,872)
Impact of foreign exchange rate changes	(33,587)
Improvements	1,512,582	617,486
Balance at end of year	87,581,604	60,329,399
Accumulated depreciation
Balance at beginning of year	1,157,113	182,836
Depreciation expense	2,143,410	1,151,093
Balance at end of year	3,300,523	1,157,113
Construction in process
Balance at beginning of year	30,808
Additions	2,143,383
Balance at end of year	2,174,191	30,808
Real estate facilities, net	$ 86,455,272	$ 59,203,094

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Schedule III - Activity in Real Estate Facilities (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016USD ($)
San Antonio I
SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Insurance deductible amount	$ 25,000