UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
Of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

U-STORE-IT TRUST

Maryland (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		001-32324 (Commission File Number)		20-1024732 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
6745 Engle Road, Suite 300 Cleveland, OH 44130 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)				44130 (Zip Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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EXPLANATORY NOTE:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, U-Store-It Trust (the “Company”) hereby amends its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2006, for the purpose of filing the financial statements and pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K with respect to the Company’s acquisition of a portfolio of 24 self-storage facilities from Crownridge Storage Portfolio, LLC and Williams Storage Portfolio III, LLC, both Nevada limited liability companies (the “Sure Save USA Self Storage Acquisition”) in accordance with Rule 3-14 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X, respectively. In addition, the Company completed acquisitions of 11 other self-storage facilities during 2006 and has determined that it is probable that an additional 13 facilities will be acquired and accordingly is including their results in the pro forma financial information.

In accordance with Rule 3-14 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X, the Company hereby files the following financial statements and pro forma financial information, respectively.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

Sure Save Storage Portfolio

Independent Auditors’ Report.

Combined Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses for the Year Ended December 31, 2005.

Notes to Combined Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2005.

Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2005.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2005.

Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF U-STORE-IT TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES (THE “COMPANY”):
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Information as of December 31, 2005			4
Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2005			5
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2005			6
Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations			7
SURE SAVE STORAGE PORTFOLIO
Independent Auditors’ Report			9
Combined Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses			10
Notes to Combined Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses			11
EX-23.1 Consent of Independent Public Accouting Firm

U-STORE-IT TRUST

			U-Store-It			Completed								Probable
			Trust			Facility								Facility				U-Store-It
		Historical				Acquisitions								Acquisitions				Trust
		(1)				(2)				Subtotal				(3)				Pro Forma
ASSETS
Storage facilities — net		$	1,246,295			$	223,371	(iii)		$	1,469,666			$	77,494			$	1,547,160
Cash and cash equivalents			201,098				(171,073	)(i)			30,025				—				30,025
Restricted cash			14,672				(17	)(i)			14,655				—				14,655
Loan procurement costs — net			10,437				97	(iii)			10,534				—				10,534
Other assets			8,631				443	(iii)			9,074				—				9,074
Other assets — related party			355				—				355				—				355
TOTAL ASSETS		$	1,481,488			$	52,821			$	1,534,309			$	77,494			$	1,611,803
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Loans payable		$	669,282			$	52,072	(ii)		$	721,354			$	77,494			$	798,848
Capital lease obligations			56				—				56				—				56
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			18,798				67	(ii)			18,865				—				18,865
Accounts payable and accrued expenses — related party			74				—				74				—				74
Distribution payable			16,624				—				16,624				—				16,624
Rents received in advance			8,857				633	(ii)			9,490				—				9,490
Security deposits			685				49	(ii)			734				—				734
Total liabilities			714,376				52,821	(ii)			767,197				77,494				844,691
MINORITY INTEREST			64,108				—				64,108				—				64,108
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common shares			570				—				570				—				570
Additional paid-in-capital			795,244				—				795,244				—				795,244
Unearned share grant compensation			(1,557	)			—				(1,557	)			—				(1,557	)
Accumulated deficit			(91,253	)			—				(91,253	)			—				(91,253	)
Total shareholders’ equity			703,004				—				703,004				—				703,004
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY		$	1,481,488			$	52,821			$	1,534,309			$	77,494			$	1,611,803

See accompanying notes to the unaudited proforma condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Presentation

     The accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Company reflects adjustments related to (1) the acquisition of 35 self-storage facilities (including Sure Save Storage Portfolio) completed subsequent to December 31, 2005 (2) the probable acquisitions of 13 self-storage facilities (3) and borrowings on the credit facility, and is presented as if they all had occurred on December 31, 2005.

     In the opinion of the Company’s management, all material adjustments necessary to reflect the effects of the preceding transactions have been made. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position of the Company would have been had the acquisitions and financings described above occurred on December 31, 2005, nor does it purport to represent the future financial position of the Company. This Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the annual period ended December 31, 2005.

Notes

(1)			Reflects the historical consolidated balance sheet of U-Store-It Trust included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
(2)			Represents the adjustments related to the acquisition of 35 self-storage facilities. These acquisitions were completed from January 1, 2006 through March 1, 2006.

     The acquisition cost for the assets is calculated as follows:

Paid from cash on hand and borrowing on credit facility		$	216,090	(i)
Fair value of debt and other net liabilities assumed		7,821		(ii)
Aggregate acquisition cost		$	223,911	(iii)
(i) Reflects cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash used for the purchase of the facilities		$	171,090
Reflects proceeds from credit facility for the purchase of the facilities			45,000
Total cash		$	216,090
(ii) As part of the completed facility acquisition transactions, total debt and other liabilities increased by:
Borrowing under credit facilities		$	45,000
Debt assumed between January 1, 2006 and March 1, 2006 related to the Dallas, Texas acquisition:
Mortgage loans collateralized by certain facilities of Dallas, Texas portfolio due from 2014 to 2015, effective interest rate of 5.87% per annum			7,072
Total debt			52,072
Other liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			67
Rents received in advance			633
Security deposits			49
			749
Total debt and other net liabilities		$	52,821
(iii) The preliminary allocation of the aggregate acquisition cost to the assets acquired is as follows:
Storage facilities		$	223,371
Loan procurement costs			97
Other assets			443
Total assets acquired		$	223,911
(3) Represents the adjustments related to the probable acquisition of 13 self-storage facilities.
The acquisition cost for the facilities is calculated as follows:
Paid from proceeds from borrowing on credit facility		$	75,434
Debt assumed related to U-Stor probable acquisition			2,060
Total acquisition cost		$	77,494

U-STORE-IT TRUST

			U-Store-It			Completed								Probable
			Trust			Facility								Facility				Other				U-Store-It
		Historical				Acquisitions								Acquisitions				Adjustments				Trust
		(4)				(5)				Subtotal				(6)				(7)				Pro Forma
REVENUES
Rental income		$	138,120			$	19,970			$	158,090			$	6,096			$	—			$	164,186
Other property related income			10,001				1,433				11,434				220				—				11,654
Total revenues			148,121				21,403				169,524				6,316				—				175,840
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Property operating expenses			54,952				7,209				62,161				2,244				—				64,405
Property operating expense — related party			43				—				43				—				—				43
Depreciation			39,949				8,941				48,890				2,867				—				51,757
General and administrative/
Management Fee			17,786				120				17,906				45				—				17,951
General and administrative — related party			736				—				736				—				—				736
Total operating expenses			113,466				16,270				129,736				5,156				—				134,892
OPERATING INCOME			34,655				5,133				39,788				1,160				—				40,948
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest:
Interest expense on loans			(32,370	)			(3,116	)			(35,486	)			(4,641	)			—				(40,127	)
Loan procurement amortization expense			(1,785	)			(10	)			(1,795	)			—				—				(1,795	)
Early extinguishment of debt			(93	)			—				(93	)			—				—				(93	)
Interest income			2,405				—				2,405				—				—				2,405
Other			(47	)			—				(47	)			—				—				(47	)
Total other expense			(31,890	)			(3,126	)			(35,016	)			(4,641	)			—				(39,657	)
INCOME  FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST			2,765				2,007				4,772				(3,481	)			—				1,291
MINORITY INTEREST			(199	)			—				(199	)			—				113				(86	)
INCOME  FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS		$	2,566			$	2,007			$	4,573			$	(3,481	)		$	113			$	1,205
Earnings from continuing operations per share:
Basic earnings per share		$	0.06																			$	0.03
Diluted earnings per share		$	0.06																			$	0.03
Weighted average share information:
Basic shares outstanding			42,120																				42,120
Diluted shares outstanding			42,203																				42,203

See accompanying notes to the unaudited proforma condensed consolidated statement of operations.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Presentation

     The accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations of the Company for the Year Ended December 31, 2005 is based on the Consolidated Historical Statements of Operations of the Company and is presented as if (1) the acquisition of self-storage facilities completed subsequent to December 31, 2005, (2) the probable acquisitions of 13 self-storage facilities, (3) and borrowings on the credit facility all had occurred on January 1, 2005.

     In the opinion of the Company’s management, all material adjustments necessary to reflect the effects of the preceding transactions have been made. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had the transactions described above occurred on January 1, 2005, nor does it purport to represent the future results of operations of the Company.

Notes

(4)		Reflects the historical consolidated statement of income of U-Store-It Trust for the year ended December 31, 2005.
(5)		Represents the results of operations which will be reflected in our operating partnership as a result of the acquisition of 35 storage facilities. These acquisitions were completed from January 1, 2006 through March 1, 2006.

																										Total
																										Completed
		Nashville,				Dallas,				U-Stor				Sure Save								Proforma				Facility
		Tennessee				Texas				Portfolio				Portfolio				Texas				Adjustments				Acquisitions
TOTAL FACILITIES			2				2				3				24				4								35
REVENUES:
Rental income		$	1,329			$	1,406			$	1,083			$	14,695			$	1,457			$	—			$	19,970
Other property related income			87				4				92				1,134				116				—				1,433
Total revenues			1,416				1,410				1,175				15,829				1,573				—				21,403
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Property operating expenses			458				180				438				5,087				886				160	(a)			7,209
Depreciation			—				—				—				—				—				8,941	(b)			8,941
General and administrative/ Management fee			—				71				79				379				89				(498	)(a)			120
Total operating expenses			458				251				517				5,466				975				8,603				16,270
OPERATING INCOME			958				1,159				658				10,363				598				(8,603	)			5,133
OTHER EXPENSE:
Interest:
Interest expense on loans			—				—				—				—				—				(3,116	)(c)			(3,116	)
Loan procurement amortization expense			—				—				—				—				—				(10	)(c)			(10	)
Interest income			—				—				—				—				—				—				—
Other			—				—				—				—				—				—				—
Total other expense			—				—				—				—				—				(3,126	)			(3,126	)
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST			958				1,159				658				10,363				598				(11,729	)			2,007
Minority interest			—				—				—				—				—				—				—
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS		$	958			$	1,159			$	658			$	10,363			$	598			$	(11,729	)		$	2,007

     Additional interest on loan assumed between January 1, 2006 and March 1, 2006:

Mortgage loan collateralized by Dallas, TX facility, due 2014, effective interest rate of 5.87% per annum		$	253
Mortgage loan collateralized by Dallas, TX facility, due 2015, effective interest rate of 5.87% per annum			163
Interest from borrowings under our revolving credit facility related to acquisitions completed subsequent to December 31, 2005			2,700
Total increase in interest expense		$	3,116
Loan procurement amortization expense from assumed indebtedness		$	10

(6)

Represents the following results of operations which will be reflected in our operating partnership as a result of the probable acquisition of 13 self-storage facilities.

																										Total
																										Probable
																		Stone &				Proforma				Facility
		Texas				Nickey				SecureCare				U-Stor				Oak				Adjustments				Acquisitions
TOTAL FACILITIES			3				4				4				1				1	(a)							13
REVENUES:
Rental income		$	630			$	1,936			$	3,105			$	425			$	—				—				6,096
Other property related income			50				5				144				21				—				—				220
Total revenues			680				1,941				3,249				446				—				—				6,316
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Property operating expenses			380				776				849				180				—			$	59	(b)			2,244
Depreciation			—				—				—				—				—				2,867	(c)			2,867
General and administrative/Management fee			238				108				163				31				—				(495	)(b)			45
Total operating expenses			618				884				1,012				211				—				2,431				5,156
OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE)			62				1,057				2,237				235				—				(2,431	)			1,160
OTHER EXPENSE:
Interest expense			—				—				—				—				—				(4,641	)(d)			(4,641	)
Loan procurement amortization expense			—				—				—				—				—				—
Total other expense			—				—				—				—				—				(4,641	)			(4,641	)
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST			62				1,057				2,237				235				—				(7,072	)			(3,481	)
Minority interest			—				—				—				—				—				—				—
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS		$	62			$	1,057			$	2,237			$	235			$	—			$	(7,072	)		$	(3,481	)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders
U-Store-It Trust
Cleveland, Ohio

We have audited the accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses of the Sure Save Storage Portfolio (the “Properties”) for the year ended December 31, 2005. The statement is the responsibility of the Properties’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this statement based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the statement is free from material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Properties’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the statement. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses was prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and for inclusion in Form 8-K/A of U-Store-It Trust, as described in Note 1. This presentation is not intended to be a complete presentation of the Properties’ revenues and expenses.

In our opinion, the statement referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the revenues and certain operating expenses described in Note 1 of the Properties for the year ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ THE SCHONBRAUN McCANN GROUP LLC

Roseland, New Jersey
April 7, 2006

SURE SAVE STORAGE PORTFOLIO

		Year ended
		December 31, 2005
Revenues
Base rents		$	14,694,713
Other income			1,133,810
			15,828,523
Certain Operating Expenses
Property operating expenses			3,707,485
Real estate taxes			1,379,023
General and administrative expenses			378,862
			5,465,370
Revenues in excess of certain operating expenses		$	10,363,153

See accompanying notes to combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses.

SURE SAVE STORAGE PORTFOLIO

1.		BASIS OF PRESENTATION
		Presented herein is the combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses related to the operation of the following twenty-four storage facilities, collectively (“Sure-Save Storage Portfolio” or the “Properties”):

Property Name		Facility Location		Units
1400 S. GENE AUTRY TRAIL		Palm Springs, CA			578
72500 VARNER RD.		Thousand Palms, CA			861
401&500 RADIO RD.		Palm Springs, CA			636
67-650 E. RAMON RD.		Cathedral City, CA			1,042
401 S. WATERMAN		San Bernardino, CA			406
601 S. WATERMAN		San Bernardino, CA			1,009
1450 23RD STREET		San Bernardino, CA			693
1441 E. BASELINE ST.		San Bernardino, CA			1,044
210 W. BONNIE VIEW DR.		Rialto, CA			526
26441 HIGHLAND AVE.		Highland, CA			549
1844 N. 43RD AVE.		Phoenix, AZ			798
3122 E. WASHINGTON		Phoenix, AZ			440
536 N. POWER RD.		Mesa, AZ			476
2645 S. NELLIS BLVD.		Las Vegas, NV			413

SURE SAVE STORAGE PORTFOLIO
NOTES TO COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND
CERTAIN OPERATING EXPENSES

1.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION — Continued

Property Name		Facility Location		Units
7370 CHEYENNE		Las Vegas, NV			402
198 W ARTESIA BLVD.		Long Beach, CA			1,420
7600 ARLINGTON AVE		Riverside, CA			648
2828 W. 5TH STREET		Santa Ana, CA			743
9150 & 9180 JAMACHA RD		Spring Valley, CA			731
4011 FAIRGROUNDS		Riverside, CA			715
3026 S. COUNTRY CLUB		Mesa, AZ			435
909 S. COUNTRY CLUB		Mesa, AZ			537
49 HOTEL CIRCLE		Albuquerque, NM			426
1220 SPRING STUEBNER		Spring, TX			510
					16,038

The accompany combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005 was prepared for the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article 3.14 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) which requires certain information with respect to real estate operations to be included with certain filings with the SEC. Accordingly, the combined revenues and certain operating expenses excludes certain expenses that may not be comparable to those expected to be incurred by U-Store-It Trust in the proposed future operations of the Properties. Items excluded consist of mortgage interest expense, depreciation, management fees and general and administrative expenses not directly related to the future operations.

SURE SAVE STORAGE PORTFOLIO
NOTES TO COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND
CERTAIN OPERATING EXPENSES

2.		USE OF ESTIMATES
		The preparation of the combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the combined statement of revenues and certain operating expenses and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
3.		REVENUE RECOGNITION
		Revenue relating to the Properties is recognized when payments are due. If it is determined after all methods of collection have been exhausted, that the account will not be collected, then it is written off to bad debt expense. The Properties are being leased to tenants under operating leases generally on a month to month basis.
4.		PROPERTY OPERATING EXPENSES
		The Properties’ operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005, include $504,015 for insurance, $472,233 for utilities, $325,060 in operating and maintenance costs, $1,367,704 in payroll, $701,709 in bad debts and advertising expenses of $336,764 (see note 5).
5.		ADVERTISING
		Advertising costs are expensed as incurred, $336,764 for 2005, and are included in property operating expenses.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K/A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.