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CubeSmart is one of the three largest self-storage landlords in the US — it owns 662 storage stores and manages another 862 for other owners, a 1,524-store platform. Its business is simple: rent small climate-controlled boxes by the month to people who are moving, downsizing or running a small business, and pass ~90% of the income to shareholders as a REIT.

The economic chain

Investors and lenders fund CubeSmart; it turns that capital into 662 owned stores (and runs 862 more for others); those stores rent boxes to households and small businesses; and the demand behind it all is life events — moving, downsizing, divorce, e-commerce — more than the broad economy.

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