SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Scheers Jan E.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
311 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 4000

(Street)
CHICAGO IL 60606

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/20/2007
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC [ FR ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Managing Director - Europe
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
No Securities beneficially owned.
No securities are beneficially owned.
/s/ John H. Clayton, attorney-in-fact 07/24/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints John H. Clayton, Scott A. Musil and John Potempa, 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
resubstitution, 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 an Initial
Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3, 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: 7/24/07


                                              /s/ Jan E. Scheers
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                                              Name:  Jan E. Scheers
                                              Title: Managing Director - Europe