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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-09-043517
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090916

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000921825
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				363935116
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		311 S WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3123444300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 N WACHER DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 150
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>&#091;FIRST INDUSTRIAL LETTERHEAD&#093;</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">September&nbsp;15, 2009

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>VIA FACSIMILE AND EDGAR</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
100 F Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.</B><BR>
<B>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3</B><BR>
<B>Filed March&nbsp;6, 2009</B><BR>
<B>File No.&nbsp;333-157771</B><BR><BR>
<B>Post Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to</B><BR>
<B>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3</B><BR>
<B>Filed March&nbsp;6, 2009</B><BR>
<B>File No.&nbsp;333-152907</B><BR><BR>
<B>Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to</B><BR>
<B>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3</B><BR>
<B>Filed March&nbsp;6, 2009</B><BR>
<B>File No.&nbsp;333-142472</B><BR><BR>
<B>Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to</B><BR>
<B>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3</B><BR>
<B>Filed March&nbsp;6, 2009</B><BR>
<B>File No.&nbsp;333-142474</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Rule&nbsp;461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, a request is made hereby on behalf of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) and First Industrial, L.P., a Delaware limited liability
company (the &#147;Operating Partnership&#148; and together with the
Corporation, the &#147;Issuers&#148;), that
acceleration of the effectiveness of the above-captioned Registration Statements be granted for
4:00 p.m. (ET)&nbsp;on September&nbsp;18, 2009, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with this request for acceleration, the Issuers acknowledge that:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) or the staff, acting
pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in
declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Issuers from their full responsibility
for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
September&nbsp;15, 2009<BR>
Page 2

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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
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    <TD>the Issuers may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a
defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Very truly yours,<BR>
<BR>
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Scott Musil
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Scott Musil&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., its general partner
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Scott Musil
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Scott Musil&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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