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* Smith Marcus L. (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE N. WACKER DRIVE SUITE 4200 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60606 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/25/2021	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) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	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:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Jennifer Matthews Rice, attorney-in-fact	03/02/2021
	** 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 Jennifer Matthews Rice 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 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:	February 22, 2021
/s/ Marcus Smith
Name:	Marcus Smith
Title:	Director