Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
                            Registration Statement No. 33-95190



                     PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
            (To Prospectus dated September 8, 1995)

                       5,043,832 Shares
              First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
                         Common Stock


          This Prospectus Supplement supplements information
contained in the section captioned "Selling Stockholders" of
that certain Prospectus dated September 8, 1995 (the "Prospec-
tus") relating to the potential sale from time to time of up to
5,043,832 shares of common stock of First Industrial Realty
Trust, Inc. (the "Company") by the holders thereof.  This Pro-
spectus Supplement is not complete without, and may not be
delivered or utilized except in connection with, the Prospec-
tus.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Prospectus.

          A number of the Original Shares have been transferred
by certain of the Selling Stockholders to the persons listed in
the table below (the "Transferees").  The Transferees may sell
such shares pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement from
time to time pursuant to the Prospectus and the Transferees who
were not previously identified as Selling Stockholders in the
Prospectus are hereby added to the Prospectus as additional
Selling Stockholders.  The information set forth in the table
below is given as of July 22, 1996.

                                             Number of Shares
Name                                         Offered Hereby
- ----                                         ----------------

Consortium for Global Development                  75   

Michael J. Havala as Custodian
  for Sarah Joelle Havala under
  the Connecticut Uniform Trans-
  fers to Minors Act (1)                          417   





     

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                                             Number of Shares
Name                                         Offered Hereby
- ----                                         ----------------
Michael J. Havala as Custodian
  for Anna Elizabeth Havala under
  the Connecticut Uniform Trans-
  fers to Minors Act (1)                          417   

International Development
  Exchange                                        125   

LBCW Limited Partnership                       28,704(2)

LGR Investment Fund (3)                        42,709   

U.C. Berkeley Foundation                          150   

Johannson Yap as Custodian for
  Julienne Bernice Yap under the
  Illinois Uniform Transfer to
  Minors Act (4)                                  470   

Johannson Yap as Custodian for
  Justin James Yap under the
  Illinois Uniform Transfer to
  Minors Act (4)                                  470   

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(1)  Mr. Havala is Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Sec-
     retary of the Company.

(2)  Does not include 40,321 Original Shares with respect to
     which LBCW Limited Partnership is identified in the Pro-
     spectus as a Selling Stockholder.  Accordingly, LBCW


     

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     Limited Partnership holds a total of 69,025 Original
     Shares which may be sold pursuant to the Prospectus and
     this Prospectus Supplement.

(3)  In addition to the 42,709 Original Shares offered hereby
     LGR Investment Fund also holds 22,556 Units.

(4)  Mr. Yap is Senior Vice President, Acquisitions of the Company.


          Except as set forth above, the Transferees, in the
capacities set forth above under "Name", do not own
(1) any shares of Common Stock of the Company other than the
Original Shares set forth opposite their names in the table
above or (2) any Units, in each case as of July 22, 1996.

          The date of this Prospectus Supplement is August 14,
1996.