Public Storage 8K

Public Storage is acquiring Public Storage Canada for about $1.2 billion plus an earn-out, using mostly OP units, to enter and scale in key Canadian self-storage markets with expected NOI and FFO growth, closing in 2H 2026 subject to customary conditions.

Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) announced an agreement to acquire Public Storage Canada, the #3 self-storage owner and operator in Canada, in an approximately $1.2 billion USD ($1.67 billion CAD) off-market transaction with entities affiliated with Tamara Hughes Gustavson and her family, structured as roughly 75% operating partnership (OP) units and 25% cash plus up to $288 million of additional earn-out OP units tied to five-year NOI targets. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2026 subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, will add 68 properties comprising 5.3 million net rentable square feet across four Canadian provinces and major metros including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver, with current occupancy of about 83% and NOI margins of 65%. Management highlights strategic expansion of its self-storage platform into undersupplied Canadian markets, minimal rebranding costs due to existing Public Storage branding, high-single-digit near-term NOI growth potential driven by integration into the PS Next operating platform, and accretion to long-term portfolio IRR, NOI growth, and FFO per share, while maintaining a strong balance sheet through issuance of OP units at a premium and access to lower-cost Canadian debt.

Filing Facts

CIK

1393311

Ticker

PSA

Form

8K

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sec

Accession

0001193125-26-277592

Alert Tier

8