SmartStop Asset Management

SmartStop Asset Management (SAM) is a diversified real estate company based in Ladera Ranch, California. The company employs 41 people and generates $21.2 million in annual revenue. SAM specializes in student housing and senior housing, managing a portfolio of approximately $2 billion in assets. SAM's portfolio encompasses five student housing communities offering around 2,800 beds and 1.1 million square feet of space, along with four senior housing communities featuring approximately 680 beds and 519,000 rentable square feet. Since 2007, SAM and its affiliates have successfully completed approximately $6 billion worth of real estate transactions. Beyond managing existing assets, SAM acts as the sponsor for Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust, Inc., a publicly traded REIT focused on student and senior housing. SAM also sponsors national Section 1031 exchange offerings utilizing Delaware statutory trusts. Notably, SAM has a proven track record of achieving full-cycle liquidity events for REITs, including the merger of SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. with Extra Space Storage in 2015 and the merger of Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. with Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. in 2019. SAM's website, smartstopassetmanagement.com, provides further information about the company's services and investment strategies.