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CHARLESTON AND MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Strategic Storage Trust Inc. (SSTI), a publicly registered non-traded REIT that invests in self-storage properties, has completed a three-phase $75 million acquisition of a 16-property portfolio with 8,560 self-storage units in South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. SSTI recently closed the last phase of the portfolio acquisition, which includes six self-storage properties and 3,740 units in Charleston and Mount Pleasant for approximately $38.7 million. The properties will be rebranded as SmartStop Self Storage. SSTI purchased the first phase of the portfolio in August.