U-Store-It Announces the Date of Its Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference Call

WAYNE, PA--(Marketwire - October 7, 2009) - U-Store-It Trust (NYSE: YSI) announced today that the Company intends to release financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009 on Thursday, November 5, 2009. An accompanying conference call will be held at 11:00 am ET on Friday, November 6, 2009.

A live Web cast of the conference call will be available online from the investor relations page of the Company's corporate Web site at http://www.ustoreit.com. The dial-in numbers are 1-800-860-2442 for domestic callers and +1-412-858-4600 for international callers.

After the live Web cast, the call will remain available on U-Store-It's Web site for 30 days. In addition, a telephonic replay of the call will be available until December 6, 2009. The replay dial-in number is 877-344-7529 for domestic callers and +1-412-317-0088 for international callers. The reservation number for both is 431540.

About the Company

U-Store-It Trust is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company provides self storage solutions across the country. The Company owns and manages 376 facilities -- 348 wholly-owned, 22 Joint Venture, and 6 third-party managed facilities, and operates the U-Store-It Network, which consists of approximately 410 additional self storage facilities. The Company's self storage facilities, storage space and storage solutions are designed to offer affordable, easily-accessible, secure, and in most locations, climate-controlled storage space for residential and commercial customers, as well as boat storage and mini storage. According to the 2009 Self Storage Almanac, U-Store-It Trust is one of the top four owners and operators of self storage facilities in the U.S.

Forward-Looking Statements

Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that such expectations will be achieved. You should not rely on our forward-looking statements because the matters they describe are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's future results, performance, or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks are set forth under the captions "Item 1A. Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" in our annual report on Form 10-K and under the caption "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (or similar captions) in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC. For forward-looking statements herein, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

Contact Information: Company Contact: Tim Martin Chief Financial Officer (610) 293-5700