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Property Acquisitions and Dispositions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 11, 2013
Dec. 06, 2013
May 16, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Store
Dec. 31, 2014
Store
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Store
Jul. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Property Acquisitions [Line Items]                  
Percentage of ownership interest sold in parcel of undeveloped land 50.00%exr_DivestitureOfInterestInParcelOfUndevelopedLandHeldForSale                
Property sold $ 2,025us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment $ 3,250us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment $ 950us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment            
Percentage of interest in parcel of undeveloped land held by buyer as a tenant in common 50.00%exr_PercentageOfInterestInRealEstateHeldByBuyerAsTenantInCommon                
Gain (loss) on sale of property 0us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets 160us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets 0us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets     960us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets      
Gain on condemnation of a portion of land       800us-gaap_GainLossOnCondemnation          
Number of store which portion of land condemned       1exr_NumberOfStoresWhichPortionOfLandCondemned          
Number of operating stores acquired         51exr_NumberOfOperatingStoresBusinessAcquired        
Number of acquired operating stores included in pro forma financial information out of total stores acquired         39exr_NumberOfAcquiredPropertyIncludedInProFormaFinancialInformationOutOfTotalProperties        
Number of stores excluded from pro forma financial information         12exr_NumberOfAcquiredPropertyExcludedFromProFormaFinancialInformation        
Amount due to sellers resulting from higher rental income of properties         8,033us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability 133us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability      
Florida, Stores Acquired in 2011 [Member]                  
Property Acquisitions [Line Items]                  
Amount due to sellers resulting from higher rental income of properties         2,500us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= exr_FloridaStoresAcquiredInTwoThousandAndElevenMember
      133us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= exr_FloridaStoresAcquiredInTwoThousandAndElevenMember
New York and New Jersey, 10 Stores Acquired in 2012 [Member]                  
Property Acquisitions [Line Items]                  
Number of operating stores acquired             10exr_NumberOfOperatingStoresBusinessAcquired
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= exr_NewYorkAndNewJerseyTenStoresAcquiredInTwoThousandAndTwelveMember
   
Term to make additional cash payment to sellers if the stores acquired exceeded a specified amount of net rental income             2 years    
Payment to sellers resulting from higher rental income of properties         7,785us-gaap_PaymentsForPreviousAcquisition
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= exr_NewYorkAndNewJerseyTenStoresAcquiredInTwoThousandAndTwelveMember
       
Maryland Store Acquired On 2012/07/31 [Member]                  
Property Acquisitions [Line Items]                  
Cash Consideration Paid               $ 3,671us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLand
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= exr_MarylandStoreAcquiredOnJulyThirtyOneTwoThousandAndTwelveMember