# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001959632
**File Stem:** 0001917107-23-000001
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 8466
**Document Hash:** 9d6fa488b9e73821426fd68e8504faae
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001917107-23-000001.hdr.sgml**: 20230103

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001917107-23-000001

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230102

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230103

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230103

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Gress Alexander
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001959632

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-13820
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23503124

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 6467 MAIN STREET
- **STREET 2:** C/O LIFE STORAGE, INC.
- **CITY:** WILLIAMSVILLE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14221
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** LIFE STORAGE, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000944314
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 161194043
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 6467 MAIN ST
- **CITY:** WILLIAMSVILLE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14221
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 7166331850

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 6467 MAIN ST
- **CITY:** WILLIAMSVILLE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14221

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SOVRAN SELF STORAGE INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19950421

## Ex-24

```

                           Power of Attorney

	Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Andrew J. Gregoire, Claire K. White and Glenn J. Bobeck,
individually or jointly, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

	1.	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and
any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	2.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Life Storage, Inc.
(the Company), Forms 3, 4, or 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules thereunder;

	3.	prepare and sign on behalf of the undersigned any Form
144 Notice under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and file the
same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

	4.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Form 3, 4, 5, or 144, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

	5.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power
of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney in fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144
promulgated under such Act.

	This Power of Attorney revokes any previous Power of Attorney
filed with the Company for the purposes set forth herein and shall
remain in effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys
in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
hand this ______st day of December 2022.

					_____________________________
					    Alexander Gress

STATE OF _______)
		)  SS:
COUNTY OF ____	)

		On the ___th day of December in the year 2022, before me,
the undersigned, personally appeared Alexander Gress, personally known to
me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that
by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon
behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

				_________________________________________
					    Notary Public

```

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Gress Alexander<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>C/O LIFE STORAGE, INC<br>6467 MAIN STREET<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>WILLIAMSVILLE, NY 14221<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>LIFE STORAGE, INC. [ LSI ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2023-01-02 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_CFO_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common stock | 6291 | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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**Signature:** Claire K. White - attorney in fact  
**Date:** 2023-01-03

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**