-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TKpC5rp4cv19y6WS/g1sg1SUdUeC6Uy8+PSCuBpiT4G99OUfXONoT+sdNQwpVDIk tRWiCCGPrf7Uoyq3Td3Qzw== 0000950123-09-043517.txt : 20091102 0000950123-09-043517.hdr.sgml : 20091102 20090916123940 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 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP
[FIRST INDUSTRIAL LETTERHEAD]
September 15, 2009
VIA FACSIMILE AND EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:   First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed March 6, 2009
File No. 333-157771

Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed March 6, 2009
File No. 333-152907

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed March 6, 2009
File No. 333-142472

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed March 6, 2009
File No. 333-142474
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          In accordance with Rule 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 “Company”) and First Industrial, L.P., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Operating Partnership” and together with the Corporation, the “Issuers”), that acceleration of the effectiveness of the above-captioned Registration Statements be granted for 4:00 p.m. (ET) on September 18, 2009, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
     In connection with this request for acceleration, the Issuers acknowledge that:
  (i)   should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) 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;
 
  (ii)   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

 

 

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  (iii)   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.
         
  Very truly yours,

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Scott Musil    
    Scott Musil   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 
  FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
 		  
  By:   First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., its general partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Scott Musil    
    Scott Musil   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 

 

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