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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-15-001662
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150105

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		311 S WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3123444300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		311 S WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Harker David
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001457949

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13102
		FILM NUMBER:		15507776

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
		STREET 2:		311 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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        <footnote id="F1">Transaction resulting from tax withholding in connection with the vesting of restricted stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Performance Units (&quot;Units&quot;) granted under First Industrial's 2014 Stock Incentive Plan on January 1, 2015. Each Unit represents the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of First Industrial common stock plus dividend equivalents representing any dividends that have accrued with respect to such share after the issuance of the Units and prior to the date of vesting. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person promptly after vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Units vest on December 31, 2017 based upon the relative total shareholder return of First Industrial's common stock as compared to the MSCI U.S. REIT Index and the NAREIT Industrial Index over the performance measurement period.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/Daniel J. Hemmer, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
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<PRE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Daniel J. Hemmer and Scott A. Musil, and each of them (with full power
to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign Forms ID or any comparable
form subsequently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any
amendments thereto, and Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4
and Annual Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 5, or any
comparable forms subsequently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission,
and any amendments thereto, with respect to the undersigned's direct or indirect
ownership, acquisition, disposition or other transfer of any securities of First
Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. or any of its affiliates; and to file any of the
above forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection with such matters, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The powers granted hereby shall be effective on and as of the date hereof and,
unless earlier revoked by written instrument, shall continue in effect for so
long as the undersigned, in his capacity as an officer and/or director of First
Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. is subject to Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
Dated:	September 4th, 2014
/s/ David G. Harker
Name:	David G. Harker
Title:	Executive Vice President - Central


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