Exhibit 99.1

Joint Filing Agreement

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the undersigned hereby agrees to the joint filing with the other reporting persons of a statement on Schedule 13D (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement this 13th day of March, 2009.

/s/ Jay H. Shidler
Jay H. Shidler
SHIDLER EQUITIES L.P.
By:	Shidler Equities Corp.
By:	/s/ Jay H. Shidler
	Jay H. Shidler
	President
SHIDLER EQUITIES CORP.
By:	/s/ Jay H. Shidler
	Jay H. Shidler
	President
HOLMAN/SHIDLER INVESTMENT CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Jay H. Shidler
	Jay H. Shidler
	Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer