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Earnings Call: Q3 2015

Oct 28, 2015

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Extra Space Storage Inc. third quarter 2015 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question and answer session, and instructions will be given at that time. If anyone should require operator assistance, please press star then zero on your touch-tone telephone. As a reminder, this call is being recorded. I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Director of Investor Relations, Scott Stubbs. Please go ahead, sir.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Thank you, Mallory. Welcome to Extra Space Storage's third quarter 2015 conference call. In addition to our press release, we have furnished unaudited supplemental financial information on our website. Please remember that management's prepared remarks and answers to your questions may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied by our forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties associated with the company's business. These forward-looking statements are qualified by the cautionary statements contained in the company's latest filings with the SEC, which we encourage our listeners to review. Forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of today, Thursday, October 29th, 2015. The company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements because of changing market conditions or other circumstances after the date of this conference call.

I would now like to turn the call over to Spencer Kirk, Chief Executive Officer.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Hello, everyone. For 2015, the top two priorities at Extra Space are operational excellence and seamless integration of new stores onto our operating platform. Year to date, our focus on these priorities is paying off. Operationally, we had a record-breaking quarter. We excelled in producing same-store revenue growth of 9.9%, NOI growth of 12.6%, and a peak occupancy of 94.9%. This enabled us to achieve FFO as adjusted growth of 12.5% on top of last year's growth of 26.3%. This marks 20 consecutive quarters of double-digit increases. To perform at this level while simultaneously preparing to close a large and complex transaction showcases the depth of our operations team and our ability to execute. In the first three quarters, we added 82 wholly owned or managed stores to our platform. On October 1st, we closed our acquisition of SmartStop and integrated an additional 165 properties.

This brings our store count to 1,335, all branded Extra Space. The preparation to have these stores began months earlier. Thanks to the work of our team and the cooperation of SmartStop, we were able to review financial systems, train employees, plan technology conversions, and evaluate CapEx needs well ahead of closing. There is still work to be done, but we hit the ground running. This is the right acquisition at the right time for our shareholders. I'd now like to turn the time over to Scott.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Spencer. Last night, we reported FFO of $0.81 per share for the quarter. Excluding costs associated with acquisitions and non-cash interest, FFO, as adjusted, was $0.81 per share, exceeding the high end of our guidance by $0.02. The beat was primarily the result of better than expected property performance. This was partially offset by higher than forecasted income tax, as well as an increase in interest expense as we accumulated the funds for the SmartStop acquisition. Our same-store revenue growth was driven by higher rates to new and existing customers, increased occupancy, and lower discounts. Our top performing markets year to date include Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Tampa-St. Pete, all with double-digit revenue growth. Our platform continues to maximize results in this favorable operating environment.

During the quarter, we acquired one store in Maryland for $6.1 million, and we acquired a certificate of occupancy store with a JV partner for $5.4 million. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, we acquired 124 stores for just over $1.3 billion. All but two of these stores were part of the SmartStop portfolio. We currently have nine operating stores under contract for $82 million. Six of these acquisitions, totaling $53 million, are scheduled to close before the end of the year. In addition, we have another 17 certificate of occupancy stores under contract. The total purchase price of these stores is $177 million, of which $26 million is expected to close in 2015. We were active in the capital markets in the quarter. We filed a $400 million ATM, under which we sold $31 million.

We also issued $575 million in exchangeable senior notes and used a portion of the note proceeds to repurchase $164 million of an existing tranche of exchangeable notes. The October 1st SmartStop acquisition, as well as our strong year-to-date results, require revisions to our guidance. Our full year FFO guidance is $2.69-$2.72 per share. Our guidance includes dilution from our certificate of occupancy deals, acquisitions that operate below our portfolio average, and $45 million in transactional and debt elimination costs related to the SmartStop acquisition that will be recognized in the fourth quarter. Our FFO, as adjusted, increased to $3.10-$3.13 per share, which removes the non-cash interest and non-recurring transactional cost. I'll now turn the time back over to Spencer.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Scott. Fundamentals for the sector continue to be strong. New supply, which is still muted, will not be a factor in the next couple of years. We expect occupancy to remain at all-time highs, which should allow us to further increase rates to new and existing customers. Only time will tell if pricing power will remain as strong as it is today, but the fundamentals support a positive outlook. The acquisitions environment will continue to be extremely competitive, and Extra Space will remain a disciplined buyer. We are focused on accretive acquisitions and maximizing shareholder value. I am pleased with the outstanding performance of our team. We have executed at a high level across the entire organization. Now let's turn the time back to Jeff to start the Q&A session.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Thank you, Spencer. In order to ensure we have adequate time to address everyone's questions, I would ask that everyone keep your initial questions brief, and if possible, limited to two. If time allows, we will address follow-on questions once everyone has had an opportunity to ask their initial questions. With that, we'll turn it over to Mallory to start our Q&A session.

Operator

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have a question at this time, please press star then the one key on your touchtone telephone. If your question has been answered or you wish to remove yourself from the queue, please press the pound key. Our first question comes from the line of Jeffrey Spector with Bank of America. Your line is now open.

Jeffrey Spector
Analyst, Bank of America

Great. Thank you. Good afternoon.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Hi, Jeff.

Jeffrey Spector
Analyst, Bank of America

My first question is on the integration of SmartStop. I know it's only been a month, but any lessons learned you could share with us on the underwriting of the deal, positive or negative, and maybe specifically on some of the new markets you've entered?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Yeah, in terms of underwriting and performance, I would tell you it's probably too early to really comment on that. What I would say is the properties are performing right where we were expecting them to perform when we put this under contract several months ago. The occupancy and the revenue performance when we took them over was right where we expected.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

With regards.

Jeffrey Spector
Analyst, Bank of America

Okay. I'll check soon.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Yeah. With regards to the markets, one of the really nice things about this transaction is, in many markets, we've picked up even greater footprint, which is going to give us greater presence digitally on the internet and allow us to further drive occupancy and rate at those stores. It's coming together very well. We're pleased.

Jeffrey Spector
Analyst, Bank of America

Okay. Too soon to tell if the underwriting was too conservative. It seems like the integration has gone very well, as you said, and then acquired properties performing better than expected within the first, let's say, months on other deals.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Yeah, everything's right on course. It's too early to tell what the trend is, but we're very satisfied with how we've started.

Jeffrey Spector
Analyst, Bank of America

Great. I just had one other question. On the 17 certificate of occupancy under contract, I guess, can you provide a little bit more details on that? Where those came from, existing markets, some of these new markets?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

I would tell you that they are similar markets to where we've been in the past. I mean, they're all markets where we currently have properties. They range from Boston to Phoenix, so they're across the U.S. These are local developers. Most of them we have relationships with. The majority of them, we feel like are going to be very good acquisitions and as we've underwritten them, we've underwritten them with, we would say, fairly prudent leased-up assumptions, meaning we've kind of gone to our historical average. We recognize that the market won't always be what it is today. Some of these C of O deals are out into 2017, even out into 2018. We've been prudent in our underwriting assumptions, and we expect them to perform well.

Jeffrey Spector
Analyst, Bank of America

Great. Thank you.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Jeff.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Vikram Malhotra from Morgan Stanley. Your line is now open.

Vikram Malhotra
Analyst, Morgan Stanley

Thank you. Thanks, guys. Congrats on the results. I just had a kind of bigger picture question. You referenced that supply should not be an issue for the next couple of years. I think we were sort of saying maybe 2016, now maybe 2017. You started off same-store NOI kind of in this 8% range, now clearly you're 10%, 11%. Looking forward, what metric would you say can continue at a very strong pace if you were to sort of pick one, and what are you most worried about?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Yeah. Vikram, it's Scott. Obviously we're not ready to give 2016 guidance, maybe just kind of commenting on where we are today and where we can kind of see things going. I would tell you, we've had a very good year. I think that we've had outstanding performance. If I look into the next year, I think it's going to be very good. I think that our occupancy can't continue to have a 200 basis point delta year-over-year. Our discounts, we can't continue to push them lower year after year. I do think we will have some pricing power going into next year, and it'll be a very good year still.

Vikram Malhotra
Analyst, Morgan Stanley

Just one clarification. On that pricing part, you had very solid growth. Can you just sort of give us a bit more color? What was the price increase in terms of street rates, how much they grew, and then the price increase to existing customers?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Yeah. Our existing customers, we continue to increase them in the high single digits. In terms of our prices and street rates, it depends on the time of the year. During the summer months, we saw 8% growth. We continue to push on those. If you look at our waterfall and where our growth came from, our growth came about just over 200 basis points in occupancy. About 50 basis points from discounts, the rest came from rates, primarily from new customers coming in the door.

Vikram Malhotra
Analyst, Morgan Stanley

Great. Thank you.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Vikram.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Todd Thomas with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Your line is now open.

Todd Thomas
Analyst, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Hi, thanks. Just the first question following up on rents and price increases. If I think about your portfolio overall generating rental income growth of 10% in the quarter, some markets obviously well above that. Just given the churn you see in your portfolio and the time it takes to re-tenant space when customers move out, that suggests to me that you're increasing rents well above 10% across the portfolio. Yet, you just mentioned that you're increasing rents to existing customers in high single digits, and even in the peak season, street rents were only up 8%. I'm just sort of curious, what am I missing that the blended overall portfolio rental income growth in the quarter was 10%?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Yeah. One of the things that happens is we actually have some negative churn that takes place. Depending on the time of year, our negative churn is typically mid-single digits, but it could go higher than that depending on what we're doing with rates. If someone moves in in the summer when they're at peak rate, and then we drop the prices in the fall, if someone moves out, you have a negative churn. That's one of the things that I would tell you, just in doing the simple math, you're missing. The other one is we're raising our existing customers high single digits, but we did that last year. Year-over-year, it's really not generating a lot of lift to our income.

Todd Thomas
Analyst, KeyBanc Capital Markets

I guess both of those actually sound like they'd be headwinds to rental income growth. Is that right? Is that what you're trying to say with that? If someone moves in in the summer at a higher rent during the summer, then they move out and you replace that with someone in the fall or in the winter, that's a lower rent. Same thing with sort of the net increase to existing customers. You're saying that the churn causes that to be lower. I'm sort of wondering how the blended overall rental income growth in the quarter was 10% when it doesn't seem like you're increasing rents to anybody 10% or more. Street rates were up during the peak 8%, and existing customer rent increases are less than 10%.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Correct. You've got 200 to 250 basis points in occupancy. You got a half a percent in discount, that's 3%. You get the rest from rates. If you're pushing your existing customers high single digits, and you did that last year, maybe slightly more this year, you get a little bit from that. We pushed street rates this year 7%-8%.

Todd Thomas
Analyst, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Okay. My second question, just regarding the C of O deals. I'm curious how big that pipeline will get. During the last cycle, you had about a $300 million development pipeline. Obviously, the size of the company was much smaller, and it's much larger today. Just curious where you see that pipeline growing. Do you think you'll get back to $300 million or even higher?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Todd, it's Spencer. As you think about a C of O pipeline, the governor for us is dilution. We've set a target of about 3% of FFO as what we're willing to tolerate. Depending on whether we do those C of O deals just by ourselves or with a JV partner, can affect that calculation. Obviously, we'd like to do nice, new properties in as many core markets as we can. It's a competitive market, and we have a dilution threshold that we want to be very disciplined so that we don't go backwards.

Todd Thomas
Analyst, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Okay. Thank you.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Todd.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Todd Stender with Wells Fargo. Your line is now open.

Todd Stender
Analyst, Wells Fargo

Hi, guys. Can you hear me?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Yes.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Hey, Todd.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

How are you, Todd?

Todd Stender
Analyst, Wells Fargo

Good, thanks. Can you provide some fundamental data points for the operating properties or the one you acquired in Q3? You also have some under contract that you're expecting to acquire in Q4. Just seeing if these are stabilized and any details you can provide.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Most of the properties, we're looking at stabilized cap rates in the mid-sixes. Your year one cap rate is usually going to be slightly below that. Some of these properties have a little bit of upside, but not that significant.

Todd Stender
Analyst, Wells Fargo

How about occupancy or rental rates? Anything, any context you can provide with those?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

It's both. It'll depend a little bit on the property. For instance, the one we bought in the quarter had more rate growth potential as well as a little bit of occupancy. Going forward, some of the other properties we're looking at buying have a combination of rate and occupancy, others just have rate growth opportunities.

Todd Stender
Analyst, Wells Fargo

That's helpful, Scott. Oh, go ahead, sorry.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

No, I said it really depends on the property and the market.

Todd Stender
Analyst, Wells Fargo

Sure. Just switching gears to the third-party management. We used to talk about a lot more often. Seems like it's been overshadowed by your good fundamentals. Definitely you're entering into C of O deals. Just want to get a sense of how much the third-party management pipeline that provides you guys with acquisition opportunities, how much of that is still in place?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

It still is the prime reason we're in the business, Todd, to create an off-market acquisition pipeline. We haven't made a lot of noise about it, but we added 43 managed assets on the SmartStop acquisition. By the end of the year, we will have grown that pool by more than 100 assets. For us, there's the strategic opportunity that it presents, and we continue to buy from that portfolio that we manage. We also get the economies of scale and the tenant insurance and the power of spending more on the internet in those respective markets. It continues to be a very important part of our business.

George Hoglund
Analyst, Jefferies

Great. Thanks, Spencer.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks. In over a decade, we've been consistent, and I can tell you in Q3, the same-store properties that have been added in, which were not primarily lease-up, but rather just properties that we acquired, provided an uplift of 80 basis points on revenue and 110 basis points on the NOI. If you subtract that out, we're still very pleased with what our properties are producing, our platform enables us to do, and probably most importantly, what our team is executing on. I think it's a combination of people, platform, and properties that have allowed us to produce the results that we have produced.

George Hoglund
Analyst, Jefferies

Thanks. Then just one more. In terms of markets where you may be seeing, or I guess, are you seeing in any markets somewhat of a pushback on rates where you're maybe seeing a little bit more of an occupancy decline, or are you really seeing that anywhere?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Even our worst markets, we're still seeing 5% growth. I think that it's healthy across the U.S. Markets are somewhat cyclical. Some are better than others, I would tell you. Our worst markets are probably Chicago and maybe Washington, D.C., but they've been very strong in past years, and they're still experiencing 5% growth.

George Hoglund
Analyst, Jefferies

All right. Thanks, guys.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, George.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Ki Bin Kim with SunTrust. Your line is now open.

Ki Bin Kim
Analyst, SunTrust

Thanks. Maybe looking forward, not asking for guidance, but we look at the same-store revenue composition this quarter is around 10%, and you said 250 came from occupancy and lower promotions. If we assume that doesn't happen again, just on a go-forward basis, what are the couple of factors that you'd look at to see if can you still do 7.5%, or is that pretty much have we hit the ceiling in terms of growth rate? Maybe what has to happen in the economy or population or home prices or things like that can change that needle to the positive or negative on that number?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Ki Bin, it's Spencer. First of all, we will push rate on both existing and new customers as hard as we can. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves. There might be another 100 basis points on occupancy. The overall health of the economy obviously will be a big determinant. As we look at 2016, as Scott said, our expectation is our results are going to go from phenomenal to maybe just really good. We'll have to see how the year transpires. I don't see any disruptive element on the horizon with regards to new supply for the next couple of years, which I already commented on. I only see us getting more powerful and potent in the digital world, particularly with our mobile strategy.

We're going to continue to invest wisely, and we're going to do everything we can to drive optimal performance from these assets.

Ki Bin Kim
Analyst, SunTrust

Have you seen any noticeable change in customer move-out activity based on the rental rate that you're pushing through that is different from previous cycles?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

No, sir.

Ki Bin Kim
Analyst, SunTrust

Okay. Thank you.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Ki Bin.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Smedes Rose with Citigroup. Your line is now open.

Smedes Rose
Analyst, Citigroup

Hi. Thanks. I wanted to ask you, I know you've mentioned a couple of times that you don't see new supply as a big issue over the next couple of years. When you look at, and I'm just sort of basing this on some commentary from some brokers we've spoken to, that it's actually harder to get lending for new supply in smaller markets than it is for bigger markets. I was just wondering if you see that at all, and maybe just kind of the tenor of lending in general in the space as people try to. I would think there's got to be a fair amount of capital that's looking to get into this industry, and for some reason, it's not able to be put to work. Just wondering if you could maybe talk about what you're seeing on the ground level.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

From what we're seeing, it's hard to comment a lot on financing just because we're not out there looking for it. I think well-capitalized developers are going to be able to get loans. Obviously, better markets, it's going to be better, but it also probably affects your returns. Your returns in New York City are going to be less than your returns in Dallas, you would expect. The other thing that's happened, land prices, I think, are pricing some people out of certain markets. We have not seen anything substantial out of Southern California, out of San Francisco, out of Seattle. Some of these markets where it's difficult, everybody's competing for the same piece of land. From our perspective, we are seeing some new construction. It's more in the markets like Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, South Florida, even some in New York City.

From our perspective, we don't see it across the whole market, pockets of some, and we do expect it to come with the returns of the properties, but I'm not sure it's going to be a tidal wave of new construction.

Smedes Rose
Analyst, Citigroup

Okay. Can you just talk about the average length of stay? Is that continuing to lengthen out?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

It's about the same. There might be a very light uptick on the length of stay. It's been very stable for me.

Smedes Rose
Analyst, Citigroup

Great. Thank you.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Gaurav Mehta with Cantor Fitzgerald. Your line is now open.

Gaurav Mehta
Analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald

Yeah, thank you. Good afternoon. Just a quick one on the lease-up period. You have a few C of O stores that are under operations now. I was hoping if you can comment on the impact of technology that you're seeing on the time it's taking to lease up those stores.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

We are seeing quicker lease-ups at our C of O stores. It's probably a combination of technology as well as no new supply. In our supplemental pack, page 23, we show the details and kind of where the occupancy is for those stores. We are doing tests on our stores to kind of see if you can move the needle in terms of marketing spend, in terms of rate. Overall, typically, we're going to go into the market with lower prices, quickly as possible.

Gaurav Mehta
Analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald

Following up on the construction financing, is that the only reason you are seeing an increased interest from merchant builders and other developers to bring C of O deals to you guys, the lack of construction financing, or there are something else going on as well?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

With them bringing C of O deals to us, clearly they're getting some type of financing in the interim. I'm guessing most of them have some type of construction loan, and then potentially this helps as far as the takeout. The other thing that's changed in today's cycle for a lot of these developers is it used to be that they would build the property, they'd open it up, they'd take out a Yellow Page, they'd operate it themselves. I think with the sophistication now of the larger players, that's becoming more and more difficult. It's difficult to compete on the Internet for a small operator, and many are coming to the big players to have them manage those properties, or at least sell them at C of O.

Gaurav Mehta
Analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald

Thank you.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Gaurav.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Don Paolotti with Green Street Advisors. Your line is now open.

Don Paolotti
Analyst, Green Street Advisors

Thank you. The 19 Harrison Street properties saw outside revenue NOI growth this quarter. Provide some color on what drove this and whether anything has changed operationally now that these are wholly owned.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Nothing's changed operationally. I would tell you it's just timing on those properties. There's nothing significant that's changed. If I recall right, I think those properties, revenue-wise, are operating or to many of our existing properties.

Don Paolotti
Analyst, Green Street Advisors

Okay, great. Thank you.

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Don.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Jonathan Hughes with Raymond James. Your line is now open.

Jonathan Hughes
Analyst, Raymond James

Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my question. Looking at the 61 stores that were added to the store pool, you've been able to increase NOI there by a pretty impressive amount this year. I think something well ahead of 20% in the first nine months. Could you just talk about the contribution from those assets, versus the 50 basis points guide at the beginning of the year? Maybe looking ahead, could we expect a similar boost from those properties that get added next year?

Scott Stubbs
EVP and CFO, Extra Space Storage

Yeah. If you look at page 18 of our supplementals, it actually compares the last year's 442 pool to this year's 503. In the third quarter, they added 80 basis points to change in pool, and then 100 basis points year to date. I would tell you that that is a little bit of an anomaly. I think that we would expect a small bump from next year's change in pool, but nothing like we've seen this year.

Jonathan Hughes
Analyst, Raymond James

Okay. Thanks for that. Lastly, kind of a broader question. I'm interested to hear your thoughts about valet or on-demand storage services in some urban markets like New York, Boston, and D.C. Do you see these as competitors to your business, or do you see them as complementary, where they may actually rent units at the facilities you currently own to store their bins?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Lots of questions in there, Jonathan. Valet or concierge services, it's obviously something we're looking at. Right now, I'm aware of several dozen players that are all vying to prove this product concept. One of the things that I do know is with over 1,300 stores scattered across the U.S., we're in a really good position to be part of the solution. This is one where we're keeping our options open, seeing how things kind of shake out. We've had numerous discussions

It's something that is being incubated. Now, whether it turns out to be a significant part of what happens when people are looking for a solution for storage, only time will tell. I can tell you it's not something that we are ignoring. We're very keenly interested in the urban markets where you have small units in these major markets. We think that it could have a place. The piece of this is much like the pickup and delivery service of years gone by. There's a huge logistical component to it. Real estate is part of the solution, but it's not the entire solution, we're going to have to be very thoughtful and, as I said, keep our options open. Yeah, we've been exploring it and trying to understand what the implications might be for our core market.

Today, it is de minimis, it is insignificant, it is not impacting our business, as our results would indicate.

Jonathan Hughes
Analyst, Raymond James

Okay. Have any of them approached you to maybe try and team up and come up with a solution, or?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

We're just keeping all options open, Jonathan.

Jonathan Hughes
Analyst, Raymond James

Okay. Fair enough.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thank you.

Jonathan Hughes
Analyst, Raymond James

Thanks, guys.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Hey, thanks.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Paul Adornato with BMO Capital Markets. Your line is now open.

Paul Adornato
Analyst, BMO Capital Markets

Hi. Thanks. Most of my questions have been answered, but was wondering if you could share with us perhaps what's on your plate in terms of R&D. What's kind of next out there, and while we're on the topic, could you talk about your new mobile app and some of the features there?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

In terms of R&D, Paul, I'm not at liberty to talk about what we're cooking in the kitchen. We'll bring that to light when we're prepared.

Paul Adornato
Analyst, BMO Capital Markets

Fair enough.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Mobile, it's really interesting. I think it was April 21st of this year where Google changed the algorithm. It was called Mobilegeddon. I think our team, perhaps as much as a year in advance, started working on a mobile strategy, the mobile strategy definitely favors those that actually own the real estate, especially when you look at the maps. The Mobilegeddon piece with the algorithmic change at Google favored sites that were mobile friendly. What I can tell you is mobile has become the leading search device. It's eclipsed desktop and laptop, and it's a core strategic advantage to this company. I don't believe that the smaller operators have the resources to throw at the mobile platform what we and the other national storage operators have been able to do.

I think this is, once again, the internet creating a landscape of the haves and the have-nots, that chasm is widening and the rate at which that chasm is widening is accelerating. I think we're in a great position with the other storage REITs. It's a great time to be a large national operator.

Paul Adornato
Analyst, BMO Capital Markets

Great. Thanks. While we're on the topic, what is the cutoff for? Do you consider the four or maybe five public operators as large enough, or are some of those billion-dollar portfolios large enough to enjoy some of these benefits?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

It depends on the company and their commitment to technology. There are regional players that are very sophisticated and doing a great job. Once again, it ultimately comes down to how many dollars do you have to spend on your mobile strategy, and size and scale are a decided advantage in the allocation.

Paul Adornato
Analyst, BMO Capital Markets

Thank you.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Paul.

Operator

As a reminder, if you would like to ask a question, please press star and then one. We do have a follow-up question from the line of Todd Thomas with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Your line is open.

Todd Thomas
Analyst, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Yeah. Thanks. With regard to the exclusive you have in managing new acquisitions for Strategic, is that an option, like a ROFO where you say, "Yes, we will manage the property," or is it something that, as they acquire, you're sort of required to manage those properties regardless of where it is and how close it might be to your existing properties or whether or not it's in markets where you're concentrated?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Yeah. We're going to take them all, Todd. Quite frankly, the more properties we have in a market, the more power we have in that market. I would much rather have an asset in close proximity to one of our assets that we control pricing and promotion than having it be in the hands of someone that may not be rational in their behavior.

Todd Thomas
Analyst, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Okay. Then just one quick follow-up on the mobile technology. How much of your rental demand is sourced from mobile today, and where was that last year?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

More than 50%, and last year it was probably 30%. The rate of growth is tremendous and the impact on our business is significant, and we're really pleased that we're ahead of the pack.

Todd Thomas
Analyst, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Okay, great. Thank you.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Todd.

Operator

Our next question comes from the line of Wes Golladay with RBC Capital Markets. Your line is now open.

Wes Golladay
Analyst, RBC Capital Markets

Hey, guys. Great quarter. Sticking with topics such as the structural barriers and Mobilegeddon, are you seeing developers just throwing the towel now? What is the development pool like versus the last cycle?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Well, first of all, the last cycle, on average, through the mid-2000s, Wes, it was more than 2,600 properties per year being put into the marketplace. Today, depending on whose number you want to use, we're at 20%, 30% of that number. For us, I think that there is a growing awareness amongst the smaller operators and the would-be developers that they have the advantage in the local markets when it comes to connections and maybe getting a deal done, but they cannot compete because we're not in the world of yellow pages anymore. We're in the land of digital real estate. They're recognizing that they don't have the sophistication or the dollars to even attempt to compete against the REITs. Yeah, I think many folks out there are throwing in the towel, and I think that that is going to continue to accelerate.

Wes Golladay
Analyst, RBC Capital Markets

Okay. Then you mentioned Denver and Dallas as head-beating markets with supply on the horizon. A lot of these markets are economically full. Do you, or would you expect the initial round of supply to be absorbed by pent-up demand? Is there any markets that concern you with the first round of supply?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

I think there was quite a dearth of supply, Wes, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. I think that the supply that's being put into those markets is largely fixing the pent-up problem. We feel comfortable with the supply issue for the next couple of years, as I've said a couple of times today.

Wes Golladay
Analyst, RBC Capital Markets

Okay, then lastly, you guys have a lot of good consumer data. The economy appears to be softening a little bit at the margin. Are you seeing anything in your data set that is at least a yellow flag for you at the moment?

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

No, sir.

Wes Golladay
Analyst, RBC Capital Markets

Okay, thanks a lot.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

Thanks, Wes.

Operator

Thank you. I'm showing no further questions. I would like to turn the call back to CEO, Spencer Kirk, for any further remarks.

Spencer Kirk
CEO, Extra Space Storage

We appreciate your interest in Extra Space today, and we'll look forward to next quarter's call. Thank you.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for participating in today's conference. This does conclude the program, and you may all disconnect. Everyone, have a great day.