SmartStop Taps Orchard Securities for Retail Distribution

SmartStop REIT Advisors LLC, or SRA, an affiliate of SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc. (NYSE:SMA) – an internally managed real estate investment trust and an owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the United States and Canada – announced a new retail distribution partnership with Orchard Securities LLC.

Through this partnership, Orchard will lead the distribution of SmartStop investment programs, including Delaware statutory trust  and other managed REIT offerings, to the independent broker-dealer and registered investment adviser channels. These programs provide individual investors access to institutional-quality self-storage assets across the United States and Canada.

At the time of announcement, Orchard had reported working with 50-plus sponsor companies and completing more than 300 offerings primarily through the broker-dealer and RIA channels.

According to SRA, the partnership combines SmartStop’s industry-leading self-storage platform with Orchard’s extensive expertise and national distribution network to broaden access to alternative real estate investments and deliver long-term value to investors.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT is a self-managed REIT with a fully integrated operations team of more than 600 self-storage professionals focused on growing the SmartStop Self Storage brand. It debuted on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year.

SmartStop, through its indirect subsidiary SmartStop REIT Advisors, LLC, also sponsors other self-storage programs. As of July 10, 2025, SmartStop had an owned/managed portfolio of 229 operating properties in 23 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada, comprising approximately 164,300 units and 18.4 million rentable square feet. SmartStop and its affiliates own or manage 43 operating self-storage properties in Canada, which total approximately 36,400 units and 3.7 million rentable square feet.

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