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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 10-Q


[X]   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
[ ]   Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities 
      Exchange Act of 1934


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                         Commission File Number 1-13102
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                       FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


        MARYLAND                                               36-3935116
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of                           (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                             Identification No.)


            311 S. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


                                 (312) 344-4300
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)





Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]

Number of shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, outstanding as of November 6,
1998: 37,928,836




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                       FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
                                    FORM 10-Q
             FOR THE NINE AND THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998

                                      INDEX


PAGE ---- PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION Item 1. Financial Statements Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997.................. 2 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997 ................................................................ 3 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997 ................................................................ 4 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997 ................................................................ 5 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.................................................. 6-16 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.... 17-28 PART II: OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings........................................................................ 29 Item 2. Changes in Securities.................................................................... 29 Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.......................................................... 29 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders...................................... 29 Item 5. Other Information........................................................................ 29 Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K and 8-K/A............................................... 29 SIGNATURE............................................................................................. 31 EXHIBIT INDEX......................................................................................... 32
1 3 PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED)
September 30, December 31, 1998 1997 ------------- ------------ ASSETS Assets: Investment in Real Estate: Land ........................................................................ $ 408,951 $ 299,020 Buildings and Improvements .................................................. 2,159,667 1,663,731 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment ........................................... 1,437 1,437 Construction in Progress .................................................... 22,777 30,158 Less: Accumulated Depreciation .............................................. (161,423) (121,030) ----------- ----------- Net Investment in Real Estate .......................................... 2,431,409 1,873,316 Cash and Cash Equivalents ..................................................... 5,612 13,222 Restricted Cash ............................................................... 5,254 313,060 Tenant Accounts Receivable, Net ............................................... 10,480 6,280 Deferred Rent Receivable ...................................................... 13,005 10,144 Deferred Financing Costs, Net ................................................. 12,279 8,594 Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets, Net ........................................ 85,217 47,547 ----------- ----------- Total Assets ........................................................... $ 2,563,256 $ 2,272,163 =========== =========== LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Liabilities: Mortgage Loans Payable, Net ................................................... $ 107,676 $ 101,198 Defeased Mortgage Loan Payable ................................................ -- 300,000 Senior Unsecured Debt, Net .................................................... 948,572 648,994 Acquisition Facility Payable .................................................. 128,800 129,400 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses ......................................... 68,390 50,373 Rents Received in Advance and Security Deposits ............................... 19,820 14,104 Dividends/Distributions Payable ............................................... 23,735 22,010 ----------- ----------- Total Liabilities ................................................ 1,296,993 1,266,079 ----------- ----------- Minority Interest ............................................................. 191,682 151,494 Commitments and Contingencies ................................................. -- -- Stockholders' Equity: Preferred Stock ($01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 1,650,000, 40,000, 20,000, 50,000 and 30,000 shares of Series A, B, C, D and E Cumulative Preferred Stock, respectively, issued and outstanding at September 30, 1998 having a liquidating preference of $25 per share ($41,250), $2,500 per share ($100,000), $2,500 per share ($50,000), $2,500 per share ($125,000) and $2,500 per share ($75,000), respectively; and 1,650,000, 40,000 and 20,000 shares of Series A, B and C Cumulative Preferred Stock, respectively, issued and outstanding at December 31, 1997 having a liquidation preference of $25 per share ($41,250), $2,500 per share ($100,000) and $2,500 per share ($50,000), respectively) ............................................. 18 17 Common Stock ($01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 37,922,954 and 36,433,859 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997, respectively) ........................................... 379 364 Additional Paid-in-Capital .................................................... 1,171,675 934,622 Distributions in Excess of Accumulated Earnings ............................... (92,726) (76,996) Unamortized Value of Restricted Stock Grants .................................. (4,765) (3,417) ----------- ----------- Total Stockholders' Equity ..................................... 1,074,581 854,590 ----------- ----------- Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity ..................... $ 2,563,256 $ 2,272,163 =========== ===========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 2 4 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Nine Months Ended Ended September 30, September 30, 1998 1977 ------------- --------------- Revenues: Rental Income ................................................................. $ 206,583 $ 115,530 Tenant Recoveries and Other Income ............................................ 49,275 31,117 Interest Income on US Government Securities ................................... -- 8,521 --------- --------- Total Revenues ................................................... 255,858 155,168 --------- --------- Expenses: Real Estate Taxes ............................................................. 40,528 24,192 Repairs and Maintenance ....................................................... 11,115 6,134 Property Management ........................................................... 10,006 5,075 Utilities ..................................................................... 7,084 4,095 Insurance ..................................................................... 693 389 Other ......................................................................... 4,280 1,209 General and Administrative .................................................... 9,824 4,264 Interest ...................................................................... 51,593 34,788 Amortization of Interest Rate Protection Agreements and Deferred Financing Costs ............................................................ 659 2,093 Depreciation and Other Amortization ........................................... 46,969 27,468 --------- --------- Total Expenses .................................................. 182,751 109,707 --------- --------- Income from Operations Before Income Allocated to Minority Interest and Disposition of Interest Rate Protection Agreements ................................................................. 73,107 45,461 Income Allocated to Minority Interest ......................................... (7,656) (3,502) Disposition of Interest Rate Protection Agreements ............................ -- 1,430 --------- --------- Income from Operations ........................................................ 65,451 43,389 Gain on Sales of Real Estate, Net ............................................. 3,069 4,186 --------- --------- Income Before Extraordinary Loss and Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ....................................................... 68,520 47,575 Extraordinary Loss ............................................................ -- (12,563) Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ........................... (1,976) -- --------- --------- Net Income .................................................................... 66,544 35,012 Less: Preferred Stock Dividends .............................................. (22,399) (7,610) --------- --------- Net Income Available to Common Stockholders ................................... $ 44,145 $ 27,402 ========= ========= Net Income Available to Common Stockholders Before Extraordinary Loss and Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle per Weighted Average Common Share Outstanding: Basic ................................................................... $ 1.24 $ 1.33 ========= ========= Diluted ................................................................. $ 1.23 $ 1.31 ========= ========= Net Income Available to Common Stockholders Per Weighted Average Common Share Outstanding: Basic ................................................................... $ 1.18 $ .91 ========= ========= Diluted ................................................................. $ 1.18 $ .90 ========= =========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 3 5 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED)
Three Months Three Months Ended Ended September 30, 1998 September 30, 1997 ------------------ ------------------ Revenues: Rental Income.................................................................... $ 74,456 $ 40,821 Tenant Recoveries and Other Income............................................... 17,883 11,192 Interest Income on U.S. Government Securities.................................... --- 4,364 ------------------ ------------------ Total Revenues............................................................. 92,339 56,377 ------------------ ------------------ Expenses: Real Estate Taxes................................................................ 14,607 8,545 Repairs and Maintenance.......................................................... 3,894 1,848 Property Management.............................................................. 3,582 1,556 Utilities........................................................................ 2,601 1,270 Insurance........................................................................ 241 113 Other............................................................................ 1,582 355 General and Administrative....................................................... 3,525 1,574 Interest......................................................................... 19,580 13,467 Amortization of Interest Rate Protection Agreements and Deferred Financing Costs................................................................. 258 713 Depreciation and Other Amortization.............................................. 16,641 9,756 ------------------ ------------------ Total Expenses............................................................. 66,511 39,197 ------------------ ------------------ Income from Operations Before Income Allocated to Minority Interest ............... 25,828 17,180 Income Allocated to Minority Interest.............................................. (2,813) (1,552) ------------------ ------------------ Income from Operations............................................................. 23,015 15,628 Gain on Sales of Real Estate, Net.................................................. 693 187 ------------------ ------------------ Net Income......................................................................... 23,708 15,815 Less: Preferred Stock Dividends.................................................... (8,211) (4,245) ------------------ ------------------ Net Income Available to Common Stockholders........................................ $ 15,497 $ 11,570 ================== ================== Net Income Available to Common Stockholders Per Weighted Average Common Share Outstanding: Basic........................................................................ $ .41 $ .38 ================== ================== Diluted...................................................................... $ .41 $ .38 ================== ==================
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 4 6 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 September 30, 1997 ------------------ ------------------ CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net Income .................................................... $ 66,544 $ 35,012 Income Allocated to Minority Interest ......................... 7,656 3,502 --------- --------- Income Before Minority Interest ............................... 74,200 38,514 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities: Depreciation ................................................ 42,238 24,461 Amortization of Interest Rate Protection Agreements and Deferred Financing Costs .................................. 659 2,093 Other Amortization .......................................... 5,194 2,893 Disposition of Interest Rate Protection Agreements .......... -- (1,430) Gain on Sales of Real Estate, Net ........................... (3,069) (4,186) Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ......... 1,976 -- Extraordinary Loss .......................................... -- 12,563 Provision for Bad Debts ..................................... 550 150 Increase in Tenant Accounts Receivable and Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets ................................. (36,903) (20,495) Increase in Deferred Rent Receivable ........................ (3,033) (1,582) Increase in Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses and Rents Received in Advance and Security Deposits ........... 23,800 11,716 Increase in Organization Costs .............................. (396) (62) Decrease in Restricted Cash ................................. 3,677 3,243 --------- --------- Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities ........... 108,893 67,878 --------- --------- CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Purchases and Additions to Investment in Real Estate and Closing Costs of Sales of Real Estate ..................... (573,697) (313,540) Proceeds from Sales of Investment in Real Estate ............ 35,780 23,411 Repayment of Mortgage Loans Receivable ...................... 1,075 3,865 Funding of Mortgage Loans Receivable ........................ -- (18,552) (Increase) Decrease in Restricted Cash ...................... (1,871) 1,831 --------- --------- Net Cash Used in Investing Activities ............... (538,713) (302,985) --------- --------- CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from Sale of Common Stock ............................... 36,300 20,000 Common Stock Underwriting Discounts/Offering Costs ............... (3,159) (1,688) Proceeds from Exercise of Employee Stock Options ................. 2,430 1,711 Proceeds from Sale of Preferred Stock ............................ 200,000 150,000 Preferred Stock Offering Costs ................................... (7,300) (5,263) Repayments on Mortgage Loans Payable ............................. (301,437) (793) Repayment of Promissory Notes Payable ............................ -- (9,919) Proceeds from Acquisition Facilities Payable ..................... 505,000 280,400 Repayments on Acquisition Facilities Payable ..................... (505,600) (192,200) Proceeds from Senior Unsecured Debt .............................. 299,517 349,150 Proceeds from Defeasance Loan .................................... -- 309,800 Repayment of Defeasance Loan ..................................... -- (309,800) Other Proceeds from Senior Unsecured Debt ........................ 2,760 2,246 Other Costs of Senior Unsecured Debt ............................. (11,890) -- Purchase of Interest Rate Protection Agreements .................. -- (150) Proceeds from Sale of Interest Rate Protection Agreements ........ -- 9,950 Purchase of US Government Securities ............................. -- (300,000) Decrease (Increase) in Restricted Cash ........................... 306,000 (6,000) Dividends/Distributions .......................................... (68,057) (50,404) Preferred Stock Dividends ........................................ (22,399) (7,610) Debt Issuance Costs and Prepayment Fees .......................... (9,955) (8,098) --------- --------- Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities ............. 422,210 231,332 --------- --------- Net Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents ........................... (7,610) (3,775) Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period ...................... 13,222 7,646 --------- --------- Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period ............................ $ 5,612 $ 3,871 ========= =========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 5 7 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 1. ORGANIZATION AND FORMATION OF COMPANY First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") was organized in the state of Maryland on August 10, 1993. The Company is a real estate investment trust ("REIT") as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. The Company's operations are conducted primarily through First Industrial, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") of which the Company is the sole general partner with an approximate 84.1% ownership interest at September 30, 1998. As of September 30, 1998, the Company owned 1,000 in-service properties located in 25 states, containing an aggregate of approximately 69.9 million square feet of gross leasable area ("GLA"). Of the 1,000 properties owned by the Company, 854 are held by the Operating Partnership, 101 are held by limited partnerships in which the Operating Partnership is the 99% limited partner and wholly owned subsidiaries of the REIT are the 1% general partners and 45 are held by limited liability companies of which the Operating Partnership is the sole member. Minority interest in the Company at September 30, 1998 represents the approximate 15.9% aggregate partnership interest in the Operating Partnership held by the limited partners thereof. 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES The accompanying interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies described in the financial statements and related notes included in the Company's 1997 Form 10-K and should be read in conjunction with such financial statements and related notes. The following notes to these interim financial statements highlight significant changes to the notes included in the December 31, 1997 audited financial statements included in the Company's 1997 Form 10-K and present interim disclosures as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In order to conform with generally accepted accounting principles, management, in preparation of the Company's financial statements, is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consist of normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 1998, the results of its operations for each of the nine months and three months ended September 30, 1998 and 1997 and its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 and 1997. Tenant Accounts Receivable, Net: The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts against the portion of tenants accounts receivable which is estimated to be uncollectible. Tenant accounts receivable in the consolidated balance sheets are shown net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,000 and $1,450 as of September 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997, respectively. 6 8 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income". This statement, effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, requires the Company to report components of comprehensive income in a financial statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other financial statements. Comprehensive income is defined by Concepts Statement No. 6, "Elements of Financial Statements" as the change in the equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. It includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. The Company's net income available to common stockholders approximates its comprehensive income as defined in Concepts Statement No. 6, "Elements of Financial Statements". In June 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information". This statement, effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, requires that a public business enterprise report financial and descriptive information about its reportable operating segments. Generally, financial information is required to be reported on the basis that it is used internally for evaluating segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources to segments. The Company will disclose this information in its 1998 Form 10-K. In March 1998, the FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force (the "Task Force") issued Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 97-11, "Accounting for Internal Costs Relating to Real Estate Property Acquisitions" ("EITF 97-11"). EITF 97-11, effective March 19, 1998, requires that internal costs of preacquisition activities incurred in connection with the acquisition of an operating property should be expensed as incurred. The Task Force concluded that a property is considered operating if, at the date of acquisition, major construction activity is substantially completed on the property and (a) it is held available for occupancy upon completion of tenant improvements by the acquirer or (b) it is already income producing. The Company adopted EITF 97-11 as of March 19, 1998. Prior to March 19, 1998, the Company capitalized internal costs of preacquisition activities incurred in connection with the acquisition of operating properties. The Company estimates that the adoption of EITF 97-11 will result in a cumulative increase of approximately $2,500 to $3,000 in the amount of general and administrative expense reflected in the Company's consolidated statement of operations in 1998. In April 1998, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position 98-5, "Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities" ("SOP 98-5"). SOP 98-5 requires that the net unamortized balance of all start-up costs and organizational costs be written off as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and all future start-up costs and organizational costs be expensed. In the second quarter of 1998, the Company reported a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of approximately $1,976 to reflect the write-off of the unamortized balance of organizational costs on the Company's balance sheet. During the second quarter of 1998, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". This statement, effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999, establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument, including certain derivative instruments imbedded in other contracts, be recorded in the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value. The statement also requires that the changes in the derivative's fair value be recognized in earnings unless specific hedge accounting 7 9 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED criteria are met. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this new statement on its consolidated financial position, liquidity, and results of operations. 3. MORTGAGE LOANS, NET, SENIOR UNSECURED DEBT, NET AND ACQUISITION FACILITY PAYABLE Mortgage Loans, Net: On April 16, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, assumed a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $2,525 (the "Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV"). The Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV is collateralized by one property in Baltimore, Maryland, bears interest at a fixed rate of 8.95% and provides for monthly principal and interest payments based on a 20-year amortization schedule. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV matures on October 1, 2006. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV may be prepaid only after October 2001 in exchange for the greater of a 1% prepayment fee or a yield maintenance premium. On July 16, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, assumed a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $2,566 (the "Acquisition Mortgage Loan V"). The Acquisition Mortgage Loan V is collateralized by one property in Tampa, Florida, bears interest at a fixed rate of 9.01% and provides for monthly principal and interest payments based on a 30-year amortization schedule. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan V matures on September 1, 2006. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan V may be prepaid only after August 2002 in exchange for the greater of a 1% prepayment fee or a yield maintenance premium. On August 31, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, assumed a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $965 (the "Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI"). The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI is collateralized by one property in Portland, Oregon, bears interest at a fixed rate of 8.875% and provides for monthly principal and interest payments based on a 20-year amortization schedule. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI matures on November 1, 2006. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI may be prepaid only after September 2001 in exchange for a 3% prepayment fee. On August 31,1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, assumed a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $1,367 (the "Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII"). The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII is collateralized by one property in Milwaukie, Oregon, bears interest at a fixed rate of 9.75% and provides for monthly principal and interest payments based on a 25-year amortization schedule. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII matures on March 15, 2002. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII may be prepaid only after December 2001. Senior Unsecured Debt, Net: On March 31, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, issued $100,000 of Dealer remarketable securities which mature on April 5, 2011 and bear a coupon interest rate of 6.50% (the "2011 Drs."). The issue price of the 2011 Drs. was 99.753%. Interest is paid semi-annually in arrears on April 5 and October 5. The 2011 Drs. are callable (the "Call Option"), at the option of J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., as Remarketing Dealer (the "Remarketing Dealer"), on April 5, 2001 (the "Remarketing Date"). The Company received approximately $2,760 of proceeds from the Remarketing Dealer as consideration for the Call Option. The Company will amortize these proceeds over the life of the Call Option as an adjustment to interest expense. If the holder of the Call Option calls the 2011 Drs. and elects to remarket the 2011 Drs., then after the Remarketing Date, the interest rate on the 2011 Drs. will be reset at a fixed rate until April 5, 2011 based upon a predetermined formula as disclosed in the related Prospectus 8 10 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 3. MORTGAGE LOANS, NET, SENIOR UNSECURED DEBT, NET AND ACQUISITION FACILITY PAYABLE, CONTINUED Supplement. If the Remarketing Dealer elects not to remarket the 2011 Drs., then the Operating Partnership will be required to repurchase, on the Remarketing Date, any 2011 Drs. that have not been purchased by the Remarketing Dealer at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. The Company also settled an interest rate protection agreement, in the notional amount of $100,000, which was used to fix the interest rate on the 2011 Drs. prior to issuance. The debt issue discount and the settlement amount of the interest rate protection agreement are being amortized over the life of the 2011 Drs. as an adjustment to interest expense. The 2011 Drs. contain certain covenants including limitations on incurrence of debt and debt service coverage. On July 14, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, issued $200,000 of senior unsecured debt which matures on July 15, 2028 and bears a coupon interest rate of 7.60% (the "2028 Notes"). The issue price of the 2028 Notes was 99.882%. Interest is paid semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15. The Company also settled interest rate protection agreements, in the notional amount of $150,000, which were used to fix the interest rate on the 2028 Notes prior to issuance. The debt issue discount and the settlement amount of the interest rate protection agreements are being amortized over the life of the 2028 Notes as an adjustment to the interest expense. The 2028 Notes contain certain covenants including limitation on incurrence of debt and debt service coverage. Approximately $50,000 of the 2028 Notes was purchased, through a broker/dealer, by an entity in which a Director of the Company owns greater than a ten percent interest. 9 11 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 3. MORTGAGE LOANS, NET, SENIOR UNSECURED DEBT, NET AND ACQUISITION FACILITY PAYABLE, CONTINUED The following table discloses certain information regarding the Company's mortgage loans, senior unsecured debt and acquisition facility payable:
INTEREST OUTSTANDING BALANCE AT ACCRUED INTEREST PAYABLE AT RATE AT --------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------ SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30, MATURITY 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 DATE ------------ ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ --------- MORTGAGE LOANS PAYABLE, NET 1995 Mortgage Loan ..................... $ 39,681 $ 40,000 $ 159 $ 168 7.220% 1/11/26 CIGNA Loan ............................. 35,372 35,813 -- -- 7.500% 4/01/03 Assumed Loans .......................... 8,736 8,950 -- -- 9.250% 1/01/13 LB Mortgage Loan II .................... 705 705 -- -- 8.000% (1) Acquisition Mortgage Loan I ............ 3,929 4,135 -- 29 8.500% 8/01/08 Acquisition Mortgage Loan II ........... 7,871 7,997 51 52 7.750% 4/01/06 Acquisition Mortgage Loan III .......... 3,514 3,598 26 27 8.875% 6/01/03 Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV ........... 2,502 -- 19 -- 8.950% 10/01/06 Acquisition Mortgage Loan V ............ 2,870(2) -- 19 -- 9.010% 9/01/06 Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI ........... 1,031(2) -- 7 -- 8.875% 11/01/06 Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII .......... 1,465(2) -- 11 -- 9.750% 3/15/02 -------- -------- -------- -------- Total .................................. $107,676 $101,198 $ 292 $ 276 ======== ======== ======== ======== DEFEASED MORTGAGE LOAN 1994 Mortgage Loan ..................... $ -- $300,000 $ -- $ 1,831 (3) (3) ======== ======== ======== ======== SENIOR UNSECURED DEBT, NET 2005 Notes ............................. $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 1,246 $ 393 6.900% 11/21/05 2006 Notes ............................. 150,000 150,000 3,500 671 7.000% 12/01/06 2007 Notes ............................. 149,954(4) 149,951 4,307 1,457 7.600% 5/15/07 2011 Notes ............................. 99,412(4) 99,377 2,786 942 7.375% 5/15/11(5) 2017 Notes ............................. 99,816(4) 99,809 2,500 479 7.500% 12/01/17 2027 Notes ............................. 99,861(4) 99,857 2,701 914 7.150% 5/15/27(6) 2028 Notes ............................. 199,766(4) -- 3,251 -- 7.600% 7/15/28 2011 Drs ............................... 99,763(4) -- 3,250 -- 6.500%(8) 4/05/11(7) -------- -------- -------- -------- Total .................................. $948,572 $648,994 $ 23,541 $ 4,856 ======== ======== ======== ======== ACQUISITION FACILITY PAYABLE 1997 Unsecured Acquisition Facility .... $128,800 $129,400 $ 579 $ 297 6.493% 4/30/01 ======== ======== ======== ========
(1) The maturity date of the LB Mortgage Loan II is based on a contingent event relating to the environmental status of the property collateralizing the loan. (2) The Acquisition Mortgage Loan V, the Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI and the Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII are net of unamortized premiums of $307, $68 and $100, respectively. (3) The 1994 Defeased Mortgage Loan was paid off and retired on January 2, 1998. (4) The 2007 Notes, 2011 Notes, 2017 Notes, 2027 Notes, 2028 Notes and the 2011 Drs. are net of unamortized discounts of $46, $588, $184, $139, $234 and $237, respectively. (5) The 2011 Notes are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, on May 15, 2004. (6) The 2027 Notes are redeemable at the option of the holders thereof, on May 15, 2002. (7) The 2011 Drs. are required to be redeemed by the Operating Partnership on April 5, 2001 if the Remarketing Dealer elects not to remarket the 2011 Drs. (8) The 2011 Drs. bear interest at an annual rate of 6.50% to the Remarketing Date. If the holder of the Call Option calls the 2011 Drs. and elects to remarket the 2011 Drs., then after the Remarketing Date, the interest rate on the 2011 Drs. will be reset at a fixed rate until April 5, 2011 based on a predetermined formula as disclosed in the related Prospectus Supplement. The following is a schedule of the stated maturities of the mortgage loans, senior unsecured debt and acquisition facility payable for the next five years ending December 31, and thereafter:
Amount ---------- 1998 $ 538 1999 2,162 2000 2,342 2001 131,336 2002 3,970 Thereafter 1,044,948 ========== Total $1,185,296 ==========
10 12 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 3. MORTGAGE LOANS, NET, SENIOR UNSECURED DEBT, NET AND ACQUISITION FACILITY PAYABLE, CONTINUED The maturity date of the LB Mortgage Loan II is based on a contingent event. As a result, this loan is not included in the preceding table. The Company, through the Operating Partnership, from time to time, enters into interest rate protection agreements which are used to lock into a fixed interest rate on anticipated offerings of senior unsecured debt. At September 30, 1998, the following interest rate protection agreement was outstanding:
Notional Origination Settlement Amount Date Interest Rate Valuation Basis Date ----------------- ------------------- --------------- ----------------- ---------------------- $ 100,000 December 19, 1997 5.994% 30-Year Treasury January 4, 1999
4. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Preferred Stock: On February 4, 1998, the Company issued 5,000,000 Depositary Shares, each representing 1/100th of a share of the Company's 7.95%, $.01 par value, Series D Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series D Preferred Stock"), at an initial offering price of $25 per Depositary Share. Dividends on the Series D Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares are cumulative from the date of initial issuance and are payable quarterly in arrears. With respect to the dividends and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the Series D Preferred Stock ranks senior to payments on the Company's $.01 par value common stock ("Common Stock") and pari passu with the Company's 91/2%, $.01 par value, Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), 83/4%, $.01 par value, Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), 85/8%, $.01 par value, Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series C Preferred Stock") and Series E Preferred Stock (defined below); however, the Series A Preferred Stock has the benefit of a guarantee by First Industrial Securities, L.P. The Series D Preferred Stock is not redeemable prior to February 4, 2003. On and after February 4, 2003, the Series D Preferred Stock is redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in whole or part, at a redemption price equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share, or $125,000 in the aggregate, plus dividends accrued and unpaid to the redemption date. The Series D Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and is not convertible into any other securities of the Company. On March 18, 1998, the Company issued 3,000,000 Depositary Shares, each representing 1/100th of a share of the Company's 7.90%, $.01 par value, Series E Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series E Preferred Stock"), at an initial offering price of $25 per Depositary Share. Dividends on the Series E Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares are cumulative from the date of initial issuance and are payable quarterly in arrears. With respect to the payment of dividends and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the Series E Preferred Stock ranks senior to payments on the Company's Common Stock and pari passu with the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock; however, the Series A Preferred Stock has the benefit of a guarantee by First Industrial Securities, L.P. The Series E Preferred Stock is not redeemable prior to March 18, 2003. On and after March 18, 2003, the Series E Preferred Stock is redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share, or $75,000 in the aggregate, plus dividends accrued and unpaid to the redemption date. The Series E Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and is not convertible into any other securities of the Company. 11 13 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 4. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY, CONTINUED Common Stock: On April 23, 1998, the Company issued, in a private placement, 1,112,644 shares of $.01 par value Common Stock (the "April 1998 Equity Offering"). The price per share in the April 1998 Equity Offering was $32.625, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $36,300. Proceeds to the Company, net of purchaser's discount and total offering expenses, were approximately $34,100. Restricted Stock: During the nine months ended September 30, 1998, the Company awarded 51,850 shares of restricted Common Stock to certain employees and 1,887 shares of restricted Common Stock to certain Directors. Other employees of the Company converted certain employee stock options to 13,602 shares of restricted Common Stock. These shares of restricted Common Stock had a fair value of $2,324 on the date of grant. The restricted Common Stock vests over a period from five to ten years. Compensation expense will be charged to earnings over the respective vesting period. Non-Qualified Employee Stock Options: On January 2, 1998, the Company granted 4,370,000 non-qualified employee stock options. These stock options vest over three years based upon certain performance measures. The stock options have a strike price of $35.8125 per share and expire ten years from the date of grant. On May 14, 1998, the Company granted 899,000 non-qualified employee stock options. These stock-options vest over one year and have a strike price of $31.13 per share. These stock options expire between seven and ten years from the date of grant. Dividends/Distributions: The following table summarizes dividends/distributions for the nine months ended September 30, 1998:
COMMON STOCK/OPERATING PARTNERSHIP UNITS Dividend/Distribution Total Record Date Payable Date per Share/Unit Dividend/Distribution ------------------ ---------------- --------------------- --------------------- Fourth Quarter 1997 December 31, 1997 January 20, 1998 $ .53000 $ 22,010 First Quarter 1998 March 31, 1998 April 20, 1998 $ .53000 $ 22,492 Second Quarter 1998 June 30, 1998 July 20, 1998 $ .53000 $ 23,553 Third Quarter 1998 September 30, 1998 October 19, 1998 $ .53000 $ 23,735 SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK Dividend Total Record Date Payable Date per Share Dividend ------------------ ------------------ ----------------------- --------------------- First Quarter 1998 March 13, 1998 March 31, 1998 $ .59375 $ 980 Second Quarter 1998 June 15, 1998 June 30, 1998 $ .59375 $ 980 Third Quarter 1998 September 15, 1998 September 30, 1998 $ .59375 $ 980 SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK Dividend Total Record Date Payable Date per Share Dividend ------------------ ------------------ ----------------------- --------------------- First Quarter 1998 March 13, 1998 March 31, 1998 $ 54.68750 $ 2,188 Second Quarter 1998 June 15, 1998 June 30, 1998 $ 54.68750 $ 2,188 Third Quarter 1998 September 15,1998 September 30, 1998 $ 54.68750 $ 2,188
12 14 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 4. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY, CONTINUED
SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK Dividend Total Record Date Payable Date per Share Dividend ----------------- ------------------ ----------------------- --------------------- First Quarter 1998 March 13, 1998 March 31, 1998 $ 53.90600 $ 1,078 Second Quarter 1998 June 15, 1998 June 30, 1998 $ 53.90600 $ 1,078 Third Quarter 1998 September 15, 1998 September 30, 1998 $ 53.90600 $ 1,078 SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK Dividend Total Record Date Payable Date per Share Dividend ----------------- ------------------ ----------------------- --------------------- First Quarter 1998 March 13, 1998 March 31, 1998 $ 30.36500 $ 1,518 Second Quarter 1998 June 15, 1998 June 30, 1998 $ 49.68700 $ 2,484 Third Quarter 1998 September 15, 1998 September 30, 1998 $ 49.68700 $ 2,484 SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK Dividend Total Record Date Payable Date per Share Dividend ----------------- ------------------ ----------------------- --------------------- First Quarter 1998 June 15, 1998 June 30, 1998 $ 7.13194 $ 214 Second Quarter 1998 June 15, 1998 June 30, 1998 $ 49.37500 $ 1,480 Third Quarter 1998 September 15, 1998 September 30, 1998 $ 49.37500 $ 1,480
5. ACQUISITION OF REAL ESTATE During the nine months ended September 30, 1998, the Company acquired 234 existing industrial properties and several land parcels. The aggregate purchase price for these acquisitions totaled approximately $519,479, excluding costs incurred in conjunction with the acquisition of the properties. Of the 234 existing industrial properties and several land parcels purchased by the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 1998, four existing industrial properties were purchased from Western Suburban Industrial Investments Limited Partnership ("Western") in which the sole general partner, having a 5% interest, was Tomasz/Shidler Investment Corporation, of which the sole shareholders were a Director and Director/Officer of the Company who also had a 53% and 32% limited partnership interest in Western, respectively. Further, an additional Director/Officer of the Company was a limited partner in Western having an interest of 2%. The aggregate purchase price for this acquisition totaled approximately $7,900, excluding costs incurred in conjunction with the acquisition of the properties. During the second quarter of 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, completed an acquisition of a real estate firm for which an officer and an employee of the Company owned a 77.5% interest. Gross proceeds to the real estate firm totaled approximately $2,349. 6. SALES OF REAL ESTATE During the nine months ended September 30, 1998, the Company sold twelve existing industrial properties and five land parcels. Gross proceeds from these sales were approximately $35,780. The gain on sales of real estate was approximately $3,069, net of federal income taxes. 13 15 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 7. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Nine Months Ended ----------------------------------- September 30, September 30, 1998 1997 ---------------- -------------- Interest paid, net of capitalized interest ............................. $ 34,441 $ 24,638 ========= ========= Interest capitalized ................................................... $ 2,628 $ 595 ========= ========= SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Dividend/Distribution payable on Common Stock/Units .................... $ 23,735 $ 17,706 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS, THE FOLLOWING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES WERE ASSUMED AND OPERATING PARTNERSHIP UNITS WERE EXCHANGED: Purchase of real estate ................................................ $ 519,479 $ 336,180 Accrued real estate taxes and security deposits ........................ (4,803) (3,585) Mortgage loans, Net .................................................... (7,926) (4,505) Operating Partnership Units .................................................................. (47,507) (58,518) --------- --------- $ 459,243 $ 269,572 ========= =========
14 16 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 8. EARNINGS PER SHARE Earnings per share amounts are based on the weighted average amount of Common Stock and Common Stock equivalents (employee stock options) outstanding. The outstanding units in the Operating Partnership (the "Units") have been excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation as there would be no effect on the earnings per share amounts since the minority interests' share of income would also be added back to net income. The computation of basic and diluted EPS is presented below:
Nine Months Nine Months Three Months Three Months Ended Ended Ended Ended September 30, September 30, September 30, September 30 1998 1997 1998 1997 ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- Numerator: Income Before Extraordinary Loss and Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ............... $ 68,520 $ 47,575 $ 23,708 $ 15,815 Less: Preferred Dividends ................................ (22,399) (7,610) (8,211) (4,245) -------- -------- -------- -------- Net Income Available to Common Stockholders Before Extraordinary Loss and Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle - For Basic and Diluted EPS ............................................ 46,121 39,965 15,497 11,570 Extraordinary Loss ....................................... -- (12,563) -- -- Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ...... (1,976) -- -- -- -------- -------- -------- -------- Net Income Available to Common Stockholders - For Basic and Diluted EPS ................................ $ 44,145 $ 27,402 $ 15,497 $ 11,570 ======== ======== ======== ======== Denominator: Weighted Average Shares - Basic .......................... 37,282 30,140 37,872 30,257 Effect of Dilutive Securities: Employee and Director Common Stock Options ............ 235 286 116 298 -------- -------- -------- -------- Weighted Average Shares - Diluted ........................ 37,517 30,426 37,988 30,555 ======== ======== ======== ======== Basic EPS: Net Income Available to Common Stockholders Before Extraordinary Loss and Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ................................ $ 1.24 $ 1.33 $ .41 $ .38 ======== ======== ======== ======== Extraordinary Loss ....................................... $ -- $ (.42) $ -- $ -- ======== ======== ======== ======== Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ...... $ .05 $ -- $ -- $ -- ======== ======== ======== ======== Net Income Available to Common Stockholders .............. $ 1.18 $ .91 $ .41 $ .38 ======== ======== ======== ======== Diluted EPS: Net Income Available to Common Stockholders Before Extraordinary Loss and Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ................................ $ 1.23 $ 1.31 $ .41 $ .38 ======== ======== ======== ======== Extraordinary Loss ....................................... $ -- $ (.41) $ -- $ -- ======== ======== ======== ======== Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ...... $ .05 $ -- $ -- $ -- ======== ======== ======== ======== Net Income Available to Common Stockholders .............. $ 1.18 $ .90 $ .41 $ .38 ======== ======== ======== ========
15 17 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED) 9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES In the normal course of business, the Company is involved in legal actions arising from the operation of its business. In management's opinion, the liabilities, if any, that may ultimately result from such legal actions are not expected to have a materially adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, operations or liquidity of the Company. The Company has committed to the construction of 15 development projects totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet of GLA. The estimated total construction costs are approximately $63,894. These developments are expected to be funded with cash flow from operations as well as borrowings under the Company's $300,000 unsecured revolving credit facility. 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS From October 1, 1998 to November 6, 1998, the Company acquired 15 industrial properties. The aggregate purchase price for these acquisitions totaled approximately $14,847, excluding costs incurred in conjunction with the acquisition of the properties. On September 28, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership entered into a joint venture arrangement (the "September 1998 Joint Venture") with an institutional investor to invest in industrial properties. The Company, through wholly owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership, will own a 10% equity interest in the September 1998 Joint Venture and will provide property and asset management services to the September 1998 Joint Venture. On October 9, 1998, October 23, 1998 and November 6, 1998, the September 1998 Joint Venture acquired approximately $100,000, $37,000 and $62,000, respectively, of industrial properties and expects to acquire approximately an additional $101,000 of industrial properties. The acquisition of additional industrial properties is subject to, among other contingencies, due diligence and the negotiation of definitive documentation. There can be no assurance that such acquisitions will be completed. The Company will account for the September 1998 Joint Venture under the equity method of accounting. The Company's investment in the September 1998 Joint Venture relating to these transactions approximates $4,000. On October 19, 1998, the Company and the Operating Partnership paid a third quarter 1998 dividend/distribution of $.53 per common share/Unit, totaling approximately $23,735. On November 5, 1998 the Company, through the Operating Partnership, settled its remaining interest rate protection agreement which was scheduled to expire on January 4, 1999. This agreement was entered into in December 1997 in anticipation of 1998 senior unsecured debt offerings. Due to the changing market conditions and the Company's expectation that it will not issue debt securities associated with the interest rate protection agreement, it is the Company's belief that the interest rate protection agreement no longer qualifies for hedge accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, the Company will recognize an expense of approximately $8,500 associated with the termination of this interest rate protection agreement in the fourth quarter of 1998. 11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS From time to time, the Company utilizes leasing services from an entity for which one of the Company's Officers owns a 62.5% ownership interest. From January 1, 1998 through September 30, 1998, the Company has paid approximately $200 of leasing commissions to this entity. 12. PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION The pro forma financial information will be filed in an amendment to the Company's Form 8-K dated November 6, 1998 as filed on November 12, 1998. 16 18 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following discussion and analysis of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.'s (the "Company") financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS At September 30, 1998, the Company owned 1,000 in-service properties with approximately 69.9 million square feet of gross leasable area ("GLA"), compared to 494 in-service properties with approximately 41.6 million square feet of GLA at September 30, 1997. The addition of 522 properties acquired or developed between October 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998 included the acquisitions of 507 properties totaling approximately 26.1 million square feet of GLA and the completed development of 15 properties totaling approximately 3.0 million square feet of GLA. The Company also completed the expansion of two properties totaling approximately .1 million square feet of GLA and the sales of 16 in-service properties totaling approximately .9 million square feet of GLA, one property held for redevelopment and several land parcels. COMPARISON OF NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 TO NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 Rental income and tenant recoveries and other income increased by approximately $109.2 million or 74.5% due primarily to the properties acquired or developed after December 31, 1996 (between January 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998, the Company acquired approximately $1.4 billion of industrial properties, of which, approximately $1.0 billion was acquired subsequent to September 30, 1997). Rental income and tenant recoveries and other income from properties owned prior to January 1, 1997, increased by approximately $1.0 million or .9% due primarily to general rent increases offset by a decrease in tenant recovery income charges related to the decrease in operating expenses as discussed below. Interest income on U.S. Government securities for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 represents interest income earned on U.S. Government securities that were pledged as collateral to legally defease the Company's $300.0 million mortgage loan (the "1994 Defeased Mortgage Loan"). Property expenses, which include real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance, property management, utilities, insurance and other expenses, increased by approximately $32.6 million or 79.4% due primarily to the properties acquired or developed after December 31, 1996 (between January 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998, the Company acquired approximately $1.4 billion of industrial properties, of which, approximately $1.0 billion was acquired subsequent to September 30, 1997). Expenses from properties owned prior to January 1, 1997, decreased by approximately $.1 million or .2% due primarily to a decrease in snow removal and related expenses incurred for properties located in certain of the Company's metropolitan areas during the nine months ended September 30, 1998 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 1997. General and administrative expense increased by approximately $5.6 million, of which, approximately $3.7 million is due primarily to the additional expenses associated with managing the Company's growing operations including additional professional fees relating to additional properties owned and additional personnel to manage and expand the Company's business. Approximately $1.9 million of the increase is the result of the adoption of Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 97-11, "Accounting for Internal Costs Relating to Real Estate Property Acquisitions" ("EITF 97-11"), which requires that internal costs of preacquisition activities incurred in connection with the acquisition of an operating property should be expensed as incurred. The Company adopted EITF 97-11 on March 19, 1998. Interest expense increased by approximately $16.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 1997 due primarily to a higher average debt 17 19 balance outstanding resulting from the issuance of unsecured debt to fund the acquisition and development of additional properties (between January 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998, the Company acquired approximately $1.4 billion of industrial properties, of which, approximately $1.0 billion was acquired subsequent to September 30, 1997). Amortization of interest rate protection agreements and deferred financing costs decreased by approximately $1.4 million due primarily to the full amortization of the deferred financing costs relating to the Company's 1994 Defeased Mortgage Loan which was paid off and retired on January 2, 1998, offset by amortization of deferred financing costs relating to the issuance of additional senior unsecured debt. Depreciation and other amortization increased by approximately $19.5 million due primarily to the additional depreciation and amortization related to the properties acquired or developed after December 31, 1996 (between January 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998, the Company acquired approximately $1.4 billion of industrial properties, of which, approximately $1.0 billion was acquired subsequent to September 30, 1997). The $1.4 million gain on disposition of interest rate protection agreements for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 represents the sale of the Company's interest rate protection agreements. The $3.1 million gain on sales of properties, net of federal income tax, for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 resulted from the sale of twelve existing industrial properties and five land parcels. Gross proceeds from these sales were approximately $35.8 million. The $4.2 million gain on sales of properties for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 resulted from the sale of six existing industrial properties and one land parcel. Gross proceeds from these sales were approximately $23.4 million. The $12.6 million extraordinary loss for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 consists of a prepayment fee on the 1994 Defeased Mortgage Loan and the write-off of unamortized deferred financing fees, legal costs and other expenses incurred in committing to retire the 1994 Defeased Mortgage Loan and in retiring the Company's $309.8 million unsecured loan from an institutional investor (the "Defeasance Loan"). The $2.0 million cumulative effect of change in accounting principle for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 is the result of the write-off of the unamortized balance of organizational costs on the Company's balance sheet due to the early adoption of Statement of Position 98-5, "Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities" ("SOP 98-5"), as further discussed later in this Management's Discussion and Analysis. COMPARISON OF THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 TO THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 Rental income and tenant recoveries and other income increased by approximately $40.3 million or 77.5%, due primarily to the properties acquired or developed after June 30, 1997 (between July 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998, the Company acquired approximately $1.1 billion of industrial properties, of which, approximately $1.0 billion was acquired subsequent to September 30, 1997). Rental income and tenant recoveries and other income from properties owned prior to April 1, 1997, increased by approximately $1.6 million or 3.2% due to general rent increases and an increase in tenant recovery income charges due to an increase in property operating expenses as discussed below. Interest income on U.S. government securities for the three months ended September 30, 1997 represents interest income earned on U.S. Government securities that were pledged as collateral to legally defease the 1994 Defeased Mortgage Loan. Property expenses, which include real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance, property management, utilities, insurance and other expenses, increased by approximately $12.8 million or 93.7% due primarily 18 20 to the properties acquired or developed after June 30, 1997 (between July 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998, the Company acquired approximately $1.1 billion of industrial properties, of which, approximately $1.0 billion was acquired subsequent to September 30, 1997). Expenses from properties owned prior to April 1, 1997, increased by approximately $.7 million or 5.2% due to an increase in real estate tax expense and utilities expense in the majority of the Company's geographical markets. General and administrative expense increased by approximately $2.0 million, of which, approximately $1.2 million is due primarily to the additional expenses associated with managing the Company's growing operations including additional professional fees relating to additional properties owned and additional personnel to manage and expand the Company's business. Approximately $.8 million of the increase is the result of the adoption of EITF 97-11 which requires that internal costs of preacquisition activities incurred in connection with the acquisition of an operating property should be expensed as incurred. The Company adopted EITF 97-11 on March 19, 1998. Interest expense increased by approximately $6.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 1998 compared to the three months ended September 30, 1997 due primarily to a higher average debt balance outstanding resulting from the issuance of unsecured debt to fund the acquisition and development of additional properties (between July 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998, the Company acquired approximately $1.1 billion of industrial properties, of which, approximately $1.0 billion was acquired subsequent to September 30, 1997). Amortization of interest rate protection agreements and deferred financing costs decreased by approximately $.5 million due primarily to the full amortization of the deferred financing costs relating to the Company's 1994 Defeased Mortgage Loan which was paid off and retired on January 2, 1998, offset by amortization of deferred financing costs relating to the issuance of additional senior unsecured debt. Depreciation and other amortization increased by approximately $6.9 million due primarily to the additional depreciation and amortization related to the properties acquired or developed after June 30, 1997 (between July 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998, the Company acquired approximately $1.1 billion of industrial properties, of which, approximately $1.0 billion was acquired subsequent to September 30, 1997). The $.7 million gain on sales of properties, net of federal income tax, for the three months ended September 30, 1998 resulted from the sale of five existing industrial properties and two land parcels. Gross proceeds from these sales were approximately $6.5 million. The $.2 million gain on sales of properties for the three months ended September 30, 1997 resulted from the sale of one existing industrial property and one land parcel. Gross proceeds from these sales were approximately $1.5 million. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES At September 30, 1998, the Company's cash and cash equivalents was approximately $5.6 million and restricted cash was approximately $5.3 million. Included in restricted cash are approximately $3.2 million of cash reserves required to be set aside under the Company's $40.0 million mortgage loan (the "1995 Mortgage Loan") for payments of security deposit refunds, tenant improvements, capital expenditures, interest, real estate taxes, and insurance. The portion of the cash reserve relating to payments for capital expenditures, interest, real estate taxes, and insurance for properties collateralizing the 1995 Mortgage Loan is established monthly, distributed to the Company as such expenditures are made and is replenished to a level adequate to make the next periodic payment of such expenditures. The portion of the cash reserve relating to security deposit refunds for the tenants occupying the properties collateralizing the 1995 Mortgage Loan is adjusted as tenants turn over. Also included in restricted cash is approximately $2.1 million of net proceeds from the sale of a property. These sales proceeds will be disbursed as the Company exchanges into properties under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. 19 21 NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 Net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $108.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 was comprised primarily of net income before minority interest of approximately $74.2 million and adjustments for non-cash items of approximately $44.5 million, offset by the net change in operating assets and liabilities of approximately $9.8 million. The adjustments for the non-cash items are primarily comprised of depreciation and amortization, a provision for bad debts and the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle due to the adoption of SOP 98-5 (as further discussed later in this Management's Discussion and Analysis), offset by the gain on sales of real estate and the effect of the straight-lining of rental income. Net cash used in investing activities of approximately $538.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 was comprised primarily of the acquisition of real estate, development of real estate, capital expenditures related to the expansion and improvement of existing real estate, closing costs from the sales of real estate and an increase in restricted cash due to a Section 1031 exchange, offset by the proceeds from the sales of real estate and the repayment of mortgage loans receivable. Net cash provided by financing activities of approximately $422.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 was comprised primarily of the net proceeds from the issuance of common stock, preferred stock and senior unsecured debt and a decrease in restricted cash, offset by repayments of mortgage loans and net repayments under the Company's $300 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the "1997 Unsecured Acquisition Facility") and common and preferred stock dividends and distributions. NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 Net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $67.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 was comprised primarily of net income before minority interest of approximately $38.5 million and adjustments for non-cash items of approximately $35.0 million, offset by the net change in operating assets and liabilities of approximately $5.6 million. The adjustments for the non-cash items are primarily comprised of depreciation and amortization, extraordinary loss and a provision for bad debts, offset by the gain on disposition of interest rate protection agreements, the gain on sales of real estate and the effect of the straight-lining of rental income. Net cash used in investing activities of approximately $303.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 was comprised primarily of the acquisition of real estate, development of real estate, capital expenditures related to the expansion and improvement of existing real estate, closing costs from the sales of real estate and the funding of mortgage loans receivable, offset by the proceeds from the sales of real estate and the repayment of mortgage loans receivable. Net cash provided by financing activities of approximately $231.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 was comprised primarily of the net proceeds from the issuance of common stock, preferred stock and senior unsecured debt, net borrowings under the Company's $200.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility and proceeds from the Defeasance Loan, offset by repayments of the Defeasance loan, the purchase of U.S. Government securities to defease the 1994 Defeased Mortgage Loan and common and preferred stock dividends and distributions. FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS AND RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Funds from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 were $97.1 million, as compared to $65.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, as a result of the factors discussed in the analysis of operating results above. Management considers funds from operations to be one measure of the financial performance of an equity REIT that provides a relevant basis for comparison among REITs, and it is presented to assist investors in analyzing the performance of the Company. In accordance with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts' definition of funds from operations, the Company calculates funds from operations to be equal to net income, excluding gains (or 20 22 losses) from debt restructuring and sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization, excluding amortization of deferred financing costs and interest rate protection agreements, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Funds from operations do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs, including the payment of dividends and distributions. Funds from operations should not be considered as a substitute for net income as a measure of results of operations or for cash flow from operating activities calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as a measure of liquidity. Funds from operations as calculated by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled, but differently calculated, measures of other REITs. The following is a reconciliation of net income to funds from operations:
Nine Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 September 30, 1997 ------------------ ------------------ Net Income Available to Common Stockholders ................. $ 44,145 $ 27,402 Adjustments: Depreciation and Other Amortization ..... 46,367 27,274 Extraordinary Items ...................... -- 12,563 Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle ............... 1,976 -- Minority Interest ........................ 7,656 3,502 Gain on Sales of Properties .............. (3,069) (4,186) Gain on disposition of IRPA .............. -- (1,430) -------- -------- Funds From Operations .............. $ 97,075 $ 65,125 ======== ========
The ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends was 1.62 for the nine months ended September 30, 1998 compared to 1.83 for the nine months ended September 30, 1997. The decrease is primarily due to additional interest expense and preferred stock dividends incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 1998 from additional debt and preferred stock, respectively, issued to fund property acquisitions and developments, which is partially offset by higher net operating income from property acquisitions as discussed in the "Results of Operations" above. INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE, DEVELOPMENT OF REAL ESTATE AND SALES OF REAL ESTATE During the nine months ended September 30, 1998, the Company purchased 234 industrial properties and several land parcels, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $519.5 million, excluding costs incurred in conjunction with the acquisition of the properties. Of the 234 existing industrial properties and several land parcels purchased by the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 1998, four existing industrial properties were purchased from Western Suburban Industrial Investments Limited Partnership ("Western") in which the sole general partner, having a 5% interest, was Tomasz/Shidler Investment Corporation, the sole shareholders of which were a Director of the Company and a Director/Officer of the Company who also had a 53% and 32% limited partnership interest in Western, respectively. Further, an additional Director/Officer of the Company was a limited partner in Western having an interest of 2%. The aggregate purchase price for this acquisition totaled approximately $7.9 million, excluding costs incurred in conjunction with the acquisition of the properties. 21 23 During the second quarter of 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, completed an acquisition of a real estate firm for which an officer and an employee of the Company owned a 77.5% interest. Gross proceeds to the real estate firm totaled approximately $2.3 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 1998, the Company sold twelve existing industrial properties and five land parcels. Gross proceeds from these sales were approximately $35.8 million. The gain on sales of real estate was approximately $3.1 million, net of federal income taxes. The Company has committed to the construction of 15 development projects totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet of GLA. The estimated total construction costs are approximately $63.9 million. These developments are expected to be funded with cash flow from operations as well as borrowings under the Company's 1997 Unsecured Acquisition Facility. From October 1, 1998 to November 6, 1998, the Company acquired 15 industrial properties. The aggregate purchase price for these acquisitions totaled approximately $14.8 million, excluding costs incurred in conjunction with the acquisition of the properties. INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURES On September 28, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership entered into a joint venture arrangement (the "September 1998 Joint Venture") with an institutional investor to invest in industrial properties. The Company, through wholly owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership, will own a 10% equity interest in the September 1998 Joint Venture and will provide property and asset management services to the September 1998 Joint Venture. On October 9, 1998, October 23, 1998 and November 6, 1998, the September 1998 Joint Venture acquired approximately $100 million, $37 million and $62 million, respectively, of industrial properties and expects to acquire approximately an additional $101 million of industrial properties. The acquisition of additional industrial properties is subject to, among other contingencies, due diligence and the negotiation of definitive documentation. There can be no assurance that such acquisitions will be completed. The Company will account for the September 1998 Joint Venture under the equity method of accounting. The Company's investment in the September 1998 Joint Venture relating to these transactions approximates $4 million. MORTGAGE LOANS AND SENIOR UNSECURED DEBT On April 16, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, assumed a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $2.5 million (the "Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV"). The Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV is collateralized by one property in Baltimore, Maryland, bears interest at a fixed rate of 8.95% and provides for monthly principal and interest payments based on a 20-year amortization schedule. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV matures on October 1, 2006. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan IV may be prepaid only after October 2001 in exchange for the greater of a 1% prepayment fee or a yield maintenance premium. On July 16, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, assumed a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $2.6 million (the "Acquisition Mortgage Loan V"). The Acquisition Mortgage Loan V is collateralized by one property in Tampa, Florida, bears interest at a fixed rate of 9.01% and provides for monthly principal and interest payments based on a 30-year amortization schedule. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan V matures on September 1, 2006. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan V may be prepaid only after August 2002 in exchange for the greater of a 1% prepayment fee or a yield maintenance premium. On August 31, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, assumed a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $1.0 million (the "Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI"). The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI is collateralized by one property in Portland, Oregon, bears interest at a fixed rate of 8.875% and provides for monthly principal and interest payments based on a 20-year amortization schedule. The 22 24 Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI matures on November 1, 2006. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VI may be prepaid only after September 2001 in exchange for a 3% prepayment fee. On August 31, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, assumed a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $1.4 million (the "Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII"). The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII is collateralized by one property in Milwaukie, Oregon, bears interest at a fixed rate of 9.75% and provides for monthly principal and interest payments based on a 25-year amortization schedule. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII matures on March 15, 2002. The Acquisition Mortgage Loan VII may be prepaid only after December 2001. On March 31, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, issued $100.0 million of Dealer remarketable securities which mature on April 5, 2011 and bear a coupon interest rate of 6.50% (the "2011 Drs."). The issue price of the 2011 Drs. was 99.753%. Interest is paid semi-annually in arrears on April 5 and October 5. The 2011 Drs. are callable (the "Call Option"), at the option of J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., as Remarketing Dealer (the "Remarketing Dealer"), on April 5, 2001 (the "Remarketing Date"). The Company received approximately $2.8 million of proceeds from the Remarketing Dealer as consideration for the Call Option. The Company will amortize these proceeds over the life of the Call Option as an adjustment to interest expense. If the holder of the Call Option calls the 2011 Drs. and elects to remarket the 2011 Drs., then after the Remarketing Date, the interest rate on the 2011 Drs. will be reset at a fixed rate until April 5, 2011 based upon a predetermined formula as disclosed in the related Prospectus Supplement. If the Remarketing Dealer elects not to remarket the 2011 Drs., then the Operating Partnership will be required to repurchase, on the Remarketing Date, any 2011 Drs. that have not been purchased by the Remarketing Dealer at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. The Company also settled an interest rate protection agreement, in the notional amount of $100.0 million, which was used to fix the interest rate on the 2011 Drs. prior to issuance. The debt issue discount and the settlement amount of the interest rate protection agreement are being amortized over the life of the 2011 Drs. as an adjustment to interest expense. The 2011 Drs. contain certain covenants including limitations on incurrence of debt and debt service coverage. On July 14, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, issued $200.0 million of senior unsecured debt which matures on July 15, 2028 and bears a coupon interest rate of 7.60% (the "2028 Notes"). The issue price of the 2028 Notes was 99.882%. Interest is paid semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15. The Company also settled interest rate protection agreements, in the notional amount of $150.0 million, which were used to fix the interest rate on the 2028 Notes prior to issuance. The debt issue discount and the settlement amount of the interest rate protection agreements are being amortized over the life of the 2028 Notes as an adjustment to the interest expense. The 2028 Notes contain certain covenants including limitation on incurrence of debt and debt service coverage. Approximately $50.0 million of the 2028 Notes was purchased, through a broker/dealer, by an entity in which a Director of the Company owns greater than a ten percent interest. On November 5, 1998 the Company, through the Operating Partnership, settled its remaining interest rate protection agreement which was scheduled to expire on January 4, 1999. This agreement was entered into in December 1997 in anticipation of 1998 senior unsecured debt offerings. Due to the changing market conditions and the Company's expectation that it will not issue debt securities associated with the interest rate protection agreement, it is the Company's belief that the interest rate protection agreement no longer qualifies for hedge accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, the Company will recognize an expense of approximately $8.5 million associated with the termination of this interest rate protection agreement in the fourth quarter of 1998. ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED AND COMMON STOCK On February 4, 1998, the Company issued 5,000,000 Depositary Shares, each representing 1/100th of a share of the Company's 7.95%, $.01 par value, Series D Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series D 23 25 Preferred Stock"), at an initial offering price of $25 per Depositary Share. Dividends on the Series D Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares are cumulative from the date of initial issuance and are payable quarterly in arrears. With respect to the dividends and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the Series D Preferred Stock ranks senior to payments on the Company's $.01 par value common stock ("Common Stock") and pari passu with the Company's 91/2%, $.01 par value, Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), 83/4%, $.01 par value, Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), 85/8%, $.01 par value, Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series C Preferred Stock") and Series E Preferred Stock (defined below); however, the Series A Preferred Stock has the benefit of a guarantee by First Industrial Securities, L.P. The Series D Preferred Stock is not redeemable prior to February 4, 2003. On and after February 4, 2003, the Series D Preferred Stock is redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in whole or part, at a redemption price equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share, or $125.0 million in the aggregate, plus dividends accrued and unpaid to the redemption date. The Series D Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and is not convertible into any other securities of the Company. On March 18, 1998, the Company issued 3,000,000 Depositary Shares, each representing 1/100th of a share of the Company's 7.90%, $.01 par value, Series E Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Series E Preferred Stock"), at an initial offering price of $25 per Depositary Share. Dividends on the Series E Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares are cumulative from the date of initial issuance and are payable quarterly in arrears. With respect to the payment of dividends and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the Series E Preferred Stock ranks senior to payments on the Company's Common Stock and pari passu with the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock; however, the Series A Preferred Stock has the benefit of a guarantee by First Industrial Securities, L.P. The Series E Preferred Stock is not redeemable prior to March 18, 2003. On and after March 18, 2003, the Series E Preferred Stock is redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share, or $75.0 million in the aggregate, plus dividends accrued and unpaid to the redemption date. The Series E Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and is not convertible into any other securities of the Company. On April 23, 1998, the Company issued, in a private placement, 1,112,644 shares of $.01 par value Common Stock (the "April 1998 Equity Offering"). The price per share in the April 1998 Equity Offering was $32.625, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $36.3 million. Proceeds to the Company, net of purchaser's discount and total offering expenses, were approximately $34.1 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 1998, the Company awarded 51,850 shares of restricted Common Stock to certain employees and 1,887 shares of restricted Common Stock to certain Directors. Other employees of the Company converted certain employee stock options to 13,602 shares of restricted Common Stock. These shares of restricted Common Stock had a fair value of $2.3 million on the date of grant. The restricted Common Stock vests over a period from five to ten years. Compensation expense will be charged to earnings over the respective vesting period. On January 2, 1998, the Company granted 4,370,000 non-qualified employee stock options. These stock options vest over three years based upon certain performance measures. The stock options have a strike price of $35.8125 per share and expire ten years from the date of grant. On May 14, 1998, the Company granted 899,000 non-qualified employee stock options. These stock-options vest over one year and have a strike price of $31.13 per share. These stock options expire between seven and ten years from the date of grant. DIVIDENDS/DISTRIBUTIONS On January 20, 1998, the Company and the Operating Partnership paid a fourth quarter 1997 distribution of $.53 per common share/Unit, totaling approximately $22.0 million. On April 20, 1998, the 24 26 Company and Operating Partnership paid a first quarter 1998 distribution of $.53 per common share/Unit, totaling approximately $22.5 million. On July 20, 1998, the Company and the Operating Partnership paid a second quarter 1998 distribution of $.53 per common share/Unit, totaling approximately $23.6 million. On October 19, 1998, the Company and the Operating Partnership paid a third quarter 1998 distribution of $.53 per common share/Unit, totaling approximately $23.7 million. On March 31, 1998, the Company paid first quarter preferred stock dividends of $.59375 per share on its Series A Preferred Stock, $54.688 per share (equivalent to $.54688 per Depositary Share) on its Series B Preferred Stock, $53.906 per share (equivalent to $.53906 per Depositary Share) on its Series C Preferred Stock and a period prorated first quarter preferred stock dividend of $30.365 per share (equivalent to $.30365 per Depositary Share) on its Series D Preferred Stock. The preferred stock dividends paid on March 31, 1998 totaled, in the aggregate, approximately $5.8 million. On March 31, 1998, the Company accrued a first quarter period prorated preferred stock dividend of $7.13194 per share (equivalent to $.0713194 per Depositary Share), totaling $.2 million, on its Series E Preferred Stock. On June 30, 1998, the Company paid second quarter preferred stock dividends of $.59375 per share on its Series A Preferred Stock, $54.688 per share (equivalent to $.54688 per Depositary Share) on its Series B Preferred Stock, $53.906 per share (equivalent to $.53906 per Depositary Share) on its Series C Preferred Stock and $49.687 per share (equivalent to $.49687 per Depositary Share) on its Series D Preferred Stock and a period prorated first quarter dividend and a second quarter dividend totaling $56.5069 per share (equivalent to $.565069 per Depositary Share) on its Series E Preferred Stock. The preferred stock dividends paid on June 30, 1998 totaled, in the aggregate, approximately $8.4 million. On September 30, 1998, the Company paid third quarter preferred stock dividends of $.59375 per share on its Series A Preferred Stock, $54.688 per share (equivalent to $.54688 per Depositary Share) on its Series B Preferred Stock, $53.906 per share (equivalent to $.53906 per Depositary Share) on its Series C Preferred Stock and $49.687 per share (equivalent to $.49687 per Depositary Share) on its Series D Preferred Stock and $49.375 per share (equivalent to $.49375 per Depositary Share) on its Series E Preferred Stock. The preferred stock dividends paid on September 30, 1998 totaled, in the aggregate, approximately $8.2 million. SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM LIQUIDITY NEEDS The Company has considered its short-term (one year or less) liquidity needs and the adequacy of its estimated cash flow from operations and other expected liquidity sources to meet these needs. The Company believes that its principal short-term liquidity needs are to fund normal recurring expenses, debt service requirements and the minimum distribution required to maintain the Company's REIT qualification under the Internal Revenue Code. The Company anticipates that these needs will be met with cash flows provided by operating activities. The Company expects to meet long-term (greater than one year) liquidity requirements such as property acquisitions, scheduled debt maturities, major renovations, expansions and other nonrecurring capital improvements through long-term secured and unsecured indebtedness and the issuance of additional equity securities. As of September 30, 1998 and November 6, 1998, $589.2 million of common stock, preferred stock and depositary shares and $100.0 million of debt securities were registered and unissued under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company may finance the development or acquisition of additional properties through borrowings under the 1997 Unsecured Acquisition Facility. At September 30, 1998, borrowings under the 1997 Unsecured Acquisition Facility bore interest at a weighted average interest rate of 6.49%. As of November 6, 1998, the Company had approximately $153.2 million available in additional borrowings under the 1997 Unsecured Acquisition Facility. Along with the Company's current strategy of meeting long-term liquidity requirements through the issuance, from time to time, of long-term secured and unsecured indebtedness and additional equity securities, the 25 27 Company is actively considering joint ventures with various institutional partners and the disposition of select assets as additional financing strategies. On September 28, 1998, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into the September 1998 Joint Venture. On October 9, 1998, October 23, 1998 and November 6, 1998, the September 1998 Joint Venture obtained financing for the acquisition of approximately $100 million, $37 million and $62 million of industrial properties, respectively. The Company expects the September 1998 Joint Venture to obtain financing for the acquisition of an additional approximately $101 million of industrial properties. Such additional financing of acquisitions by the September 1998 Joint Venture is subject to, among other contingencies, due diligence and the negotiation of definitive documentation. There can be no assurance that the September 1998 Joint Venture will be successful in obtaining such additional financing. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS From time to time, the Company utilizes leasing services from an entity for which one of the Company's Officers owns a 62.5% ownership interest. From January 1, 1998 through September 30, 1998, the Company has paid approximately $.2 million of leasing commissions to this entity. YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE The Year 2000 compliance issue concerns the inability of computerized information systems and non-information systems to accurately calculate, store or use a date after 1999. This could result in computer systems failures or miscalculations causing disruptions of operations. The Year 2000 issue affects almost all companies and organizations. The Company has discussed its software applications and internal operational programs with its current information systems' vendor and, based on such discussions, believes that such applications and programs will properly recognize calendar dates beginning in the year 2000. The Company is discussing with its material third-party service providers, such as its banks, payroll processor and telecommunications provider, their Year 2000 compliance and is assessing what effect their possible non-compliance might have on the Company. In addition, the Company is discussing with its material vendors the possibility of any interface difficulties and/or electrical or mechanical problems relating to the year 2000 which may affect properties owned by the Company. The Company has also surveyed substantially all of its tenants to determine the status of their Year 2000 compliance and what effect their possible non-compliance might have on the Company. The Company is currently processing the information obtained from such tenant surveys and remains in discussions with its material vendors and third-party service providers. Of the tenant surveys processed to date, all have stated that they are Year 2000 compliant or will be Year 2000 compliant by the end of 1999. The Company plans to complete its assessment of Year 2000 compliance by such parties by March 31, 1999. Until such time the Company cannot estimate any potential adverse impact resulting from the failure of tenants, vendors or third-party service providers to address their Year 2000 issues; however, to date, no significant Year 2000-related conditions have been identified. Because the Company's evaluation of its Year 2000 issues has been conducted by its own personnel or by its vendors in connection with their servicing operations, the Company believes that its expenditures for assessing its Year 2000 issues, though difficult to quantify, to date have not been material. In addition, the Company is not aware of any Year 2000-related conditions that it believes would likely require any material expenditures by the Company in the future. Based on its current information, the Company believes that the risk posed by any foreseeable Year 2000-related problem with its internal systems and the systems at its properties (including both information and non-information systems) or with its vendors or tenants is minimal. Year 2000-related problems with the Company's software applications and internal operational programs or with the 26 28 electrical or mechanical systems at its properties are unlikely to cause more than minor disruptions in the Company's operations. The Company believes that the risk posed by Year 2000-related problems at certain of its third-party service providers, such as its banks, payroll processor and telecommunications provider is marginally greater, though, based on its current information, the Company does not believe any such problems would have a material effect on its operations. Any Year 2000 related problems at such third-party service providers could delay the processing of financial transactions and the Company's payroll and could disrupt the Company's internal and external communications. At this time, the Company has not developed and does not anticipate developing any contingency plans with respect to Year 2000 issues. In addition, the Company has no plans to seek independent verification or review of its assessment of its Year 2000 issues. The Company does intend to complete its assessment of, and to continue to monitor, its Year 2000 issues and will develop contingency plans if, and to the extent, deemed necessary. While the Company believes that it will be Year 2000 compliant by December 31, 1999, there can be no assurance that the Company has been or will be successful in identifying and assessing Year 2000 issues, or that, to the extent identified, the Company's efforts to remediate such issues will be effective such that Year 2000 issues will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition or results of operation. OTHER In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income". This statement, effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, requires the Company to report components of comprehensive income in a financial statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other financial statements. Comprehensive income is defined by Concepts Statement No. 6, "Elements of Financial Statements" as the change in the equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. It includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. The Company's net income available to common stockholders approximates its comprehensive income as defined in Concepts Statement No. 6, "Elements of Financial Statements". In June 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information". This statement, effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, requires that a public business enterprise report financial and descriptive information about its reportable operating segments. Generally, financial information is required to be reported on the basis that it is used internally for evaluating segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources to segments. The Company will disclose this information in its 1998 Form 10-K. In March 1998, the FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force (the "Task Force") issued Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 97-11, "Accounting for Internal Costs Relating to Real Estate Property Acquisitions" ("EITF 97-11"). EITF 97-11, effective March 19, 1998, requires that internal costs of preacquisition activities incurred in connection with the acquisition of an operating property should be expensed as incurred. The Task Force concluded that a property is considered operating if, at the date of acquisition, major construction activity is substantially completed on the property and (a) it is held available for occupancy upon completion of tenant improvements by the acquirer or (b) it is already income producing. The Company adopted EITF 97-11 as of March 19, 1998. Prior to March 19, 1998, the Company capitalized internal costs of preacquisition activities incurred in connection with the acquisition of operating properties. The Company estimates that the adoption of EITF 97-11 will result in a 27 29 cumulative increase of approximately $2.5 million to $3.0 million in the amount of general and administrative expense reflected in the Company's consolidated statement of operations in 1998. In April 1998, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position 98-5, "Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities" ("SOP 98-5"). SOP 98-5 requires that the net unamortized balance of all start up costs and organizational costs be written off as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and all future start-up costs and organizational costs be expensed. In the second quarter of 1998, the Company reported a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the amount of approximately $2.0 million to reflect the write-off of the unamortized balance of organizational costs on the Company's balance sheet. During the second quarter of 1998, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". This statement, effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999, establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument, including certain derivative instruments imbedded in other contracts, be recorded in the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value. The statement also requires that the changes in the derivative's fair value be recognized in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this new statement on its consolidated financial position, liquidity, and results of operations. 28 30 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS None. ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES None. ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES None. ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS None. ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION On November 11, 1998, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. announced that Michael T. Tomasz resigned as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director to pursue other personal and business interests. On November 11, 1998, the Board of Directors appointed Michael W. Brennan as President and Chief Executive Officer. ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 4.1 Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of July 14, 1998, between First Industrial, L.P. and U.S. Bank Trust National Association relating to First Industrial, L.P.'s 7.60% Notes due July 15, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form 8-K of First Industrial, L.P. dated July 15, 1998, File No. 333-21873) 10.1 Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of First Industrial, L.P. (the "L.P. Agreement"), dated March 18, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, File No. 1- 13102) 10.2* Sixth Amendment to the L.P. Agreement dated August 31, 1998 10.3* Seventh Amendment to the L.P. Agreement dated October 21, 1998 10.4* Eighth Amendment to the L.P. Agreement dated October 30, 1998 10.5* Ninth Amendment to the L.P. Agreement dated November 5, 1998 27.1* Financial Data Schedule for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 27.2* Financial Data Schedule for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1997 (Restated) 99 * Press Release dated November 11, 1998 * Filed herewith. Reports on Form 8-K: Report on Form 8-K dated November 6, 1998, filed November 12, 1998, relating to the acquisition of 74 industrial properties. 29 31 ================================================================================ The Company has prepared supplemental financial and operating information which is available without charge upon request to the Company. Please direct requests as follows: First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 311 S. Wacker, Suite 4000 Chicago, IL 60606 Attention: Investor Relations 30 32 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. Date: November 12, 1998 By: /s/ Michael J. Havala --------------------------------------- Michael J. Havala Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 31 33 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 4.1 Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of July 14, 1998, between First Industrial, L.P. and U.S. Bank Trust National Association relating to First Industrial, L.P.'s 7.60% Notes due July 15, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form 8-K of First Industrial, L.P. dated July 15, 1998, File No. 333-21873) 10.1 Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of First Industrial, L.P. (the "L.P. Agreement"), dated March 18, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, File No. 1- 13102) 10.2* Sixth Amendment to the L.P. Agreement dated August 31, 1998 10.3* Seventh Amendment to the L.P. Agreement dated October 21, 1998 10.4* Eighth Amendment to the L.P. Agreement dated October 30, 1998 10.5* Ninth Amendment to the L.P. Agreement dated November 5, 1998 27.1* Financial Data Schedule for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 27.2* Financial Data Schedule for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1997 (Restated) 99 * Press Release dated November 11, 1998 * Filed herewith.
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2


                               SIXTH AMENDMENT TO
                           SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
                        LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

     As of August 31, 1998, the undersigned, being the sole general partner of
First Industrial, L.P. (the "PARTNERSHIP"), a limited partnership formed under
the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and pursuant to the terms
of that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, dated
March 18, 1998 (as amended by the first amendment thereto dated April 1, 1998
and the second amendment thereto dated April 3, 1998, the third amendment
thereto dated April 16, 1998, the fourth amendment thereto dated June 24, 1998,
and the fifth amendment thereto dated July 16, 1998) (collectively, the
"PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT"), does hereby amend the Partnership Agreement as
follows:

     Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Sixth Amendment shall have
the same meanings that are ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement.

     1. ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS.  The Persons identified on EXHIBIT 1A
hereto are hereby admitted to the Partnership as Additional Limited Partners
owning the number of Units and having made the Capital Contributions set forth
on such EXHIBIT 1A.  Such persons hereby adopt the Partnership Agreement.  The
undersigned acknowledges that those of the Persons identified on EXHIBIT 1A
hereto that are Substituted Limited Partners have received their Partnership
Interests from various Additional Limited Partners, and the undersigned hereby
consents to such transfers.
     2. SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS.  EXHIBIT 1B to the Partnership Agreement is
hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by EXHIBIT 1B hereto which
identifies the Partners following consummation of the transactions referred to
in Section 1 hereof.
     3. PROTECTED AMOUNTS.  In connection with the transactions consummated
pursuant to that certain Contribution Agreement (the "CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT"),
dated as of August 31, 1998, by and between FR Acquisitions, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (it having assigned its entire right, title and interest in and to
the Contribution Agreement to the Partnership), and D.W. Sivers Co., an Oregon
corporation, Sivers Investment Partnership, an Oregon general partnership,
Sivers Family Real Property L.L.C., an Oregon limited liability company,
Wendell C. Sivers Marital Trust, u/w/d February 20, 1981, and Dennis W. Sivers,
certain Protected Amounts are being established for the Additional Limited
Partners admitted pursuant to this Amendment, which Protected Amounts are
reflected on EXHIBIT 1D attached hereto and shall be incorporated as part of
EXHIBIT 1D of the Partnership Agreement.
     4. RATIFICATION.  Except as expressly modified by this Sixth Amendment,
all of the provisions of the Partnership Agreement are affirmed and ratified
and remain in full force and effect.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this amendment as of the
date first written above.
                                    FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as
                                    sole general partner of the Partnership


                                    By: /s/   Michael W. Brennan
                                       -------------------------------
                                       Name: Michael W. Brennan
                                            ---------------------------------
                                       Title: Chief Operating Officer
                                             --------------------------------






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                                   EXHIBIT 1A

                    SCHEDULE OF ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS

ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION - --------------------------- --------------- -------------------- D.W. Sivers Co. 118,265 $3,547,950.95 Sivers Investment Partnership 283,500 8,505,000.63 Sivers Family Real Property Limited Liability Company 12,062 361,860.37 Wendell C. Sivers Marital Trust u/w/d February 20, 1981 14,020 420,600.40 Dennis W. Sivers 27,636 829,080.65
3 EXHIBIT 1B SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS
GENERAL PARTNER NUMBER OF UNITS - --------------- --------------- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 30,892,739 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Aimee Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/65 2,384 Daniel R. Andrew, TR of the Daniel R. Andrew Trust UA Dec 29 92 137,489 Charles T. Andrews 754 Gordon E. Atkins 6,767 William J. Atkins 22,381 E. Donald Bafford 3,374 William Baloh 8,582 Edward N. Barad 2,283 UA dated April 11, 1996 Blurton 1996 Revocable Family Trust 598 James Bolt 5,587 Harriett Bonn 28,804 Michael W. Brennan 3,806 Robert Brown 2,123 Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson TR of the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20 94, FBO Benjamin Dure Bullock 1,970 Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson TR of the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20 94, FBO Christine Laurel Bullock 1,970 Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock TR of the Henry D. & Terri D. Bullock Trust UA Aug 28 92 9,126 Edward Burger 9,261 Calamer Inc. 1,233 Perry C. Caplan 1,388 Irwin Carasso 17,192 Carol P. Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/72 2,384 The Carthage Partners LLC 34,939 Cliffwood Development Company 64,823
4
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Collins Family Trust dated 5/6/69 137,808 Kelly Collins 11,116 Michael Collins 17,369 Charles S. Cook and Shelby H. Cook, tenants in the entirety 634 Caroline Atkins Coutret 7,327 David Cleborne Crow 5,159 Gretchen Smith Crow 2,602 Michael G. Damone, TR of the Michael G. Damone Trust UA Nov 4 69 144,296 Myrna R. Debilak 5,447 Robert L. Denton 6,286 C G Property Development 27,975 W Allen Doane, trustee of the W Allen Doane Trust U-A 05-31-91 4,416 Timonthy Donohue 1,000 Darwin B. Dosch 1,388 Charles F. Downs 1,508 Greg and Christina Downs, joint tenants 474 Gregory Downs 48 Draizin Family Partnership, LP 357,896 Joseph S. Dresner 149,531 Ethel Road Associates 29,511 James Kozen, trustee U-A dated 02/24/86 33,031 Farlow Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 Fitz & Smith Partnership 3,410 Fourbur Family Co., L.P. 620,273 Gamma Three Associates Limited Partnership 3,338 Dennis G. Goodwin and Jeannie L. Goodwin, tenants in the entirety 6,166 Clay Hamlin & Lynn Hamlin, joint tenants with rights of survivorship 15,159 Henry E. Dietz Trust UA Jan 16 81 36,476 Highland Associates Limited Partnership 69,039 Robert W. Holman Jr. 150,146 Holman/Shidler Investment Corporation 22,079 Steven B. Hoyt 175,000
5
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Internal Investment Company 3,016 Frederick K. Ito 3,880 The Jack Friedman Revocable Living Trust UA March 23, 1978 26,005 Jayeff Associates Limited Partnership 16,249 Michael W. Jenkins 3,917 Jernie Holdings Corp. 180,499 John E. De B Blockey Trust 8,293 Thomas J. Johnson, Jr. and Sandra L. Johnson, tenants in the entirety 2,142 Nourhan Kailian 2,183 Peter Kepic 9,261 Lambert Investment Corporation 13,606 Paul T. Lambert 39,749 Constance Lazarus 417,961 Jerome Lazarus 18,653 LGR Investment Fund Ltd 22,556 Malcolm Properties, L.L.C. 25,342 Princeton South at Lawrenceville LLC 4,692 Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Duane Lund 617 R. Craig Martin 754 J. Stanley Mattison 12 Eileen Millar 2,922 Linda Miller 2,000 The Milton Dresner Revocable Trust UA October 22, 1976 149,531 Montrose Kennedy Associates 4,874 Peter Murphy 56,184 Anthony Muscatello 81,654 Joseph Musti 1,508 Dean A. Nachtigall 10,076 New Land Associates Limited Partnership 1,664 North Star Associates Limited Partnership 19,333 Arden O'Connor 13,845 Peter O'Connor 66,181
6
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Princeton South at Lawrenceville One 4,426 Eduardo Paneque 2,000 Partridge Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 R.C.P. Associates, a New Jersey limited partnership 3,060 Jack F. Ream 1,071 Glenn C. Rexroth and Linda A. Rexroth, as tenants in the entirety 2,142 James C. Reynolds 40,154 Andre G. Richard 1,508 RJB Ford City Limited Partnership 158,438 RJB II Limited Partnership 40,788 Edward C. Roberts and Rebecca S. Roberts, tenants in the entirety 8,308 W.F.O. Rosenmiller 634 Edward Jon Sarama 634 Shadeland Associates Limited Partnership 42,976 Shadeland Corporation 4,442 Jay H. Shidler 66,984 Jay H. Shidler and Wallette A. Shidler, tenants in the entirety 1,223 Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Michael B. Slade 2,829 David W. Smith, and Doris L. Smith, tenants in the entirety 754 Gary L. Smith and Joyce A. Smith, tenants in the entirety 1,508 Kevin Smith 13,571 South Broad Company 72,421 South Gold Company 82,433 SRS Partnership 2,142 UA Dated May 21, 1996 FBO Robert Stein 56,778 S. Larry Stein 56,778 Jonathan Stott 80,026 Suburban Roseland Associates, a Limited Partnership 3,002 Thelma C. Gretzinger Trust 450
7
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Thomas K. Barad & Jill E. Barad, Co-Trustees of the Thomas K. Barad & Jill E. Barad Trust Dated 10-18-89 2,283 Michael T. Tomasz 25,847 Barry L. Tracey 2,142 Van Brunt Associates 39,370 Worlds Fair Associates 6,134 Worlds Fair III Associates 14,094 The Worlds Fair Office Associates 3,343 Worlds Fair Partners Limited Partnership 1,664 The Worlds Fair V Associates 3,340 The Worlds Fair 25 Associates 13,677 BSDK Enterprises 3,596 Estate of Albert Sklar 3,912 Rand H. Falbaum 17,022 William M. Fausone 16,480 Elizabeth Fitzpatrick 3,800 Fred Trust dated 6/16/77 653 Carol P. Freyer 12,173 Lee Karen Freyer 10,665 Aimee Freyer-Valls 12,173 David Fried 1,326 Ester Fried 3,177 Douglas Frye 2,216 J. Peter Gaffney 727 Gerlach Family Trust dated 6/28/85 874 Patricia O. Godchaux 9,387 Timothy Gudim 27,782 Timothy & Melissa Gudim, joint tenants 3,285 H/Airport GP Inc. 1,433 Vivian Hack 22,522 Martha J. Harbinson 3,329 Turner Harshaw 1,132 Cathleen Hession 3,137 Howard Trust dated 4/30/79 653
8
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- John A. and Gloria H. Sage Family Trust UDT dated 6/7/94 15,864 L. Chris Johnson 3,196 Johnson Living Trust dated 2/18/83 1,078 Charles Mark Jordan 57 JPG Investment 919 David R. Kahnweiler 5,436 Thomas Kendall 546 Kirshner Family Trust #1 dated 4/8/76 29,558 Kirshner Trust #4 FBO Todd Kirshner 20,258 Kolpack MD Pension 994 Chester A. Latcham 2,493 Lee Karen Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/65 2,384 Georgia Leonard 664 Robert Leonard III 5,856 Steve Leonard 37,645 Leslie A. Rubin LTD 4,048 CLMM LLC 3,825 PAC-II LLC 17,356 Sealy Professional Drive LLC 2,906 Sealy Unitholder LLC 31,552 SPM Industrial LLC 5,262 Reyem Partners LP 8,489 Henry E. Mawicke 636 Richard McClintock 623 McElroy Management Inc. 5,478 MCS Properties, Inc. 5,958 Lila Atkins Mulkey 7,327 James Muslow, Jr. 4,911 Adel Nassif 4,910 Kris Nielsen 28 Catherine A. O'Brien 832 Martha E. O'Brien 832 Steve Ohren 31,828 Pacifica Holding Company 97,870
9
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Sybil T. Patten 1,816 Betty S. Phillips 3,912 Jeffrey Pion 2,879 Pipkin Family Trust dated 10/6/89 3,140 Robert J. Powers 37,674 Manor Properties 143,408 Elizabeth Hutton Hagen Fitzpatrick IRA dated 9/1/91 607 Robert S. Hood Living Trust dated 1/9/90 & Amended 12/16/96 3,591 James Sage 2,156 Kathleen Sage 3,350 Wilton Wade Sample 5,449 Sealy & Company, Inc. 37,119 Sealy Florida, Inc. 675 Mark P. Sealy 8,451 Sealy Real Estate Services, Inc. 148,478 Scott P. Sealy 40,902 Marilyn Rangel IRA dated 2/5/86 969 Siskel Family Partnership 11,359 Siskel Revocable Trust 1987 dated 4/17/1987 10,087 Suzanne Siskel 3,802 Steve Smith 386 Sterling Alsip trust dated August 1, 1989 794 Sterling Family Trust dated 3/27/80 3,559 Donald C. Thompson 39,243 TUT Investments I LLC 5,274 William S. Tyrrell 2,906 Van Gilder Family Partnership 2,262 Virginia B. and Norton Sharpe Living trust UDT dated 4/26/96 12,055 Steve Walbridge 338 Richard Walker, Jr. 963 Charles Kendall Jr. Rollover IRA dated 1/21/93 656 William B. Wiener, Jr. 41,119 Patricia Wiener-Shifke 12,944
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LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- William J. Mallen Trust dated 4/29/94 8,016 Fred Wilson 35,787 World's Fair Thirty 1,442 Wolsum, Inc. 2,427 Johannson Yap 1,680 Gerald & Sharon Zuckerman 615 Stephen Mann 15,017 Stanley Gruber 30,032 Seymour Israel 15,016 J. O'Neil Duffy, Sr. 513 James O. Duffy, Jr. 513 Garrett E. Sheehan 513 Sam Shamie Trust Agreement dated March 16, 1978, as restated on November 16, 1993 337,753 Richard H. Zimmerman Living Trust dated October 15, 1990, as amended 47,174 Keith J. Pomeroy Revocable Trust Agreement, dated December 13, 1976, as amended and restated on June 28, 1995 128,783 Enid Braden Trust of June 28, 1995 18,464 Sam L. Yaker Revocable Trust Agreement dated February 14, 1984 30,285 Armenag Kalaydjian Revocable Trust Agreement dated February 28, 1984 21,655 RBZ LLC 124 KEP LLC 78,873 ESAA Associates Limited Partnership 19,367 Paul F. Obrecht, Jr. 5,289 Richard F. Obrecht 5,289 Thomas F. Obrecht 5,289 George F. Obrecht 5,289 Joan R. Kreiger Revocable Trust 15,184 William L. Kreiger, Jr. 3,374 Elmer H. Wingate 1,688 Apollo/Pacifica Bryant LLC 42,977 Edwin and Cathleen Hession 7,987 D.W. Sivers Co. 118,265
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LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Sivers Investment Partnership 283,500 Sivers Family Real Property Limited Liability Company 12,062 Wendell C. Sivers Marital Trust u/w/d February 20, 1981 14,020 Dennis W. Sivers 27,636
12 EXHIBIT 1D
CONTRIBUTOR PARTNER PROTECTED AMOUNT - ------------------- ---------------- Sivers Family Real Property Limited Liability Company *see below Dennis W Sivers *see below Wendell C. Sivers Marital Trust u/w/d February 20, 1981 *see below D.W. Sivers Co. *see below Sivers Investment Partnership *see below
- -------------------- *An amount equal to (a) the taxable gain, if any, that would be realized by such Additional Limited Partner if such Additional Limited Partner were to dispose of its Interest for no consideration other than the release or deemed release of liabilities of the Partnership assumed by or otherwise allocable to such Additional Limited Partner under Code Section 752, as such hypothetical gain is determined from time to time, less (b) such Additional Limited Partner's share of "qualified nonrecourse financing" as defined in Code Section 465(b)(6) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, as such share is determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-3(a).
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3


                                        
                              SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO
                           SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
                        LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

     The undersigned, being the sole general partner of First Industrial, L.P.
(the "Partnership"), a limited partnership formed under the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act and pursuant to the terms of that certain Sixth
Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement dated March 18, 1998, as
amended (the "Partnership Agreement") does hereby amend the Partnership
Agreement as follows:

     Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Seventh Amendment shall have
the same meanings that are ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement.

     1. Additional Limited Partners.  The Persons identified on Schedule 1
hereto are hereby admitted to the Partnership as Additional Limited Partners
owning the number of Units and having made the Capital Contributions set forth
on such Schedule 1.  Such persons hereby adopt the Partnership Agreement.

     2. Schedule of Partners.  Exhibit 1B to the Partnership Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced by Exhibit 1B hereto which identifies the
Partners following consummation of the transactions referred to in Section 1
hereof.

     3. Ratification.  Except as expressly modified by this Seventh Amendment,
all of the provisions of the Partnership Agreement are affirmed and ratified and
remain in full force and effect.

     4. Dated:  October 21, 1998


                                 FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
                                 As sole General Partner of the Partnership

                                 By:___/s/ Michael W. Brennan_____________
                                    Name: Michael W. Brennan
                                    Title: Chief Operating Officer



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                                   SCHEDULE 1

                          ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS



ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION - --------------------------- --------------- -------------------- Jack H. Kulka 330 $8,013.06 Babette Kulka 330 $8,013.06 Jeffrey L. Greenberg 330 $8,013.06 Martin Eglow 330 $8,013.06 James J. Warfield 330 $8,013.06
3 EXHIBIT 1B SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS
GENERAL PARTNER NUMBER OF UNITS - --------------- --------------- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 30,892,739 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Aimee Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/65 2,384 Daniel R. Andrew, TR of the Daniel R. Andrew Trust UA Dec 29 92 137,489 Charles T. Andrews 754 Gordon E. Atkins 6,767 William J. Atkins 22,381 E. Donald Bafford 3,374 William Baloh 8,582 Edward N. Barad 2,283 UA dated April 11, 1996 Blurton 1996 Revocable Family Trust 598 James Bolt 5,587 Harriett Bonn 28,804 Michael W. Brennan 3,806 Robert Brown 2,123 Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson TR of the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20 94, FBO Benjamin Dure Bullock 1,970 Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson TR of the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20 94, FBO Christine Laurel Bullock 1,970
4
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock TR of the Henry D. & Terri D. Bullock Trust UA Aug 28 92 9,126 Edward Burger 9,261 Calamer Inc. 1,233 Perry C. Caplan 1,388 Irwin Carasso 17,192 Carol P. Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/72 2,384 The Carthage Partners LLC 34,939 Cliffwood Development Company 64,823 Collins Family Trust dated 5/6/69 137,808 Kelly Collins 11,116 Michael Collins 17,369 Charles S. Cook and Shelby H. Cook, tenants in the entirety 634 Caroline Atkins Coutret 7,327 David Cleborne Crow 5,159 Gretchen Smith Crow 2,602 Michael G. Damone, TR of the Michael G. Damone Trust UA Nov 4 69 144,296 Myrna R. Debilak 5,447 Robert L. Denton 6,286 C G Property Development 27,975 W Allen Doane, trustee of the W Allen Doane Trust U-A 05-31-91 4,416 Timonthy Donohue 1,000
5
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Darwin B. Dosch 1,388 Charles F. Downs 1,508 Greg and Christina Downs, joint tenants 474 Gregory Downs 48 Draizin Family Partnership, LP 357,896 Joseph S. Dresner 149,531 Ethel Road Associates 29,511 James Kozen, trustee U-A dated 02/24/86 33,031 Farlow Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 Fitz & Smith Partnership 3,410 Fourbur Family Co., L.P. 620,273 Gamma Three Associates Limited Partnership 3,338 Dennis G. Goodwin and Jeannie L. Goodwin, tenants in the entirety 6,166 Clay Hamlin & Lynn Hamlin, joint tenants with rights of survivorship 15,159 Henry E. Dietz Trust UA Jan 16 81 36,476 Highland Associates Limited Partnership 69,039 Robert W. Holman Jr. 150,146 Holman/Shidler Investment Corporation 22,079 Steven B. Hoyt 175,000 Internal Investment Company 3,016 Frederick K. Ito 3,880 The Jack Friedman Revocable Living Trust UA March 23, 1978 26,005
6
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Jayeff Associates Limited Partnership 16,249 Michael W. Jenkins 3,917 Jernie Holdings Corp. 180,499 John E. De B Blockey Trust 8,293 Thomas J. Johnson, Jr. and Sandra L. Johnson, tenants in the entirety 2,142 Nourhan Kailian 2,183 Peter Kepic 9,261 Lambert Investment Corporation 13,606 Paul T. Lambert 39,749 Constance Lazarus 417,961 Jerome Lazarus 18,653 LGR Investment Fund Ltd 22,556 Malcolm Properties, L.L.C. 25,342 Princeton South at Lawrenceville LLC 4,692 Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Duane Lund 617 R. Craig Martin 754 J. Stanley Mattison 12 Eileen Millar 2,922 Linda Miller 2,000 The Milton Dresner Revocable Trust UA October 22, 1976 149,531 Montrose Kennedy Associates 4,874 Peter Murphy 56,184
7
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Anthony Muscatello 81,654 Joseph Musti 1,508 Dean A. Nachtigall 10,076 New Land Associates Limited Partnership 1,664 North Star Associates Limited Partnership 19,333 Arden O'Connor 13,845 Peter O'Connor 66,181 Princeton South at Lawrenceville One 4,426 Eduardo Paneque 2,000 Partridge Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 R.C.P. Associates, a New Jersey limited partnership 3,060 Jack F. Ream 1,071 Glenn C. Rexroth and Linda A. Rexroth, as tenants in the entirety 2,142 James C. Reynolds 40,154 Andre G. Richard 1,508 RJB Ford City Limited Partnership 158,438 RJB II Limited Partnership 40,788 Edward C. Roberts and Rebecca S. Roberts, tenants in the entirety 8,308 W.F.O. Rosenmiller 634 Edward Jon Sarama 634 Shadeland Associates Limited Partnership 42,976 Shadeland Corporation 4,442
8
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Jay H. Shidler 66,984 Jay H. Shidler and Wallette A. Shidler, tenants in the entirety 1,223 Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Michael B. Slade 2,829 David W. Smith, and Doris L. Smith, tenants in the entirety 754 Gary L. Smith and Joyce A. Smith, tenants in the entirety 1,508 Kevin Smith 13,571 South Broad Company 72,421 South Gold Company 82,433 SRS Partnership 2,142 UA Dated May 21, 1996 FBO Robert Stein 56,778 S. Larry Stein 56,778 Jonathan Stott 80,026 Suburban Roseland Associates, a Limited Partnership 3,002 Thelma C. Gretzinger Trust 450 Thomas K. Barad & Jill E. Barad, Co-Trustees of the Thomas K. Barad & Jill E. Barad Trust Dated 10-18-89 2,283 Michael T. Tomasz 25,847 Barry L. Tracey 2,142 Van Brunt Associates 39,370 Worlds Fair Associates 6,134 Worlds Fair III Associates 14,094
9
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- The Worlds Fair Office Associates 3,343 Worlds Fair Partners Limited Partnership 1,664 The Worlds Fair V Associates 3,340 The Worlds Fair 25 Associates 13,677 BSDK Enterprises 3,596 Estate of Albert Sklar 3,912 Rand H. Falbaum 17,022 William M. Fausone 16,480 Elizabeth Fitzpatrick 3,800 Fred Trust dated 6/16/77 653 Carol P. Freyer 12,173 Lee Karen Freyer 10,665 Aimee Freyer-Valls 12,173 David Fried 1,326 Ester Fried 3,177 Douglas Frye 2,216 J. Peter Gaffney 727 Gerlach Family Trust dated 6/28/85 874 Patricia O. Godchaux 9,387 Timothy Gudim 27,782 Timothy & Melissa Gudim, joint tenants 3,285 H/Airport GP Inc. 1,433 Vivian Hack 22,522 Martha J. Harbinson 3,329
10
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Turner Harshaw 1,132 Cathleen Hession 3,137 Howard Trust dated 4/30/79 653 John A. and Gloria H. Sage Family Trust UDT dated 6/7/94 15,864 L. Chris Johnson 3,196 Johnson Living Trust dated 2/18/83 1,078 Charles Mark Jordan 57 JPG Investment 919 David R. Kahnweiler 5,436 Thomas Kendall 546 Kirshner Family Trust #1 dated 4/8/76 29,558 Kirshner Trust #4 FBO Todd Kirshner 20,258 Kolpack MD Pension 994 Chester A. Latcham 2,493 Lee Karen Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/65 2,384 Georgia Leonard 664 Robert Leonard III 5,856 Steve Leonard 37,645 Leslie A. Rubin LTD 4,048 CLMM LLC 3,825 PAC-II LLC 17,356 Sealy Professional Drive LLC 2,906 Sealy Unitholder LLC 31,552
11
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- SPM Industrial LLC 5,262 Reyem Partners LP 8,489 Henry E. Mawicke 636 Richard McClintock 623 McElroy Management Inc. 5,478 MCS Properties, Inc. 5,958 Lila Atkins Mulkey 7,327 James Muslow, Jr. 4,911 Adel Nassif 4,910 Kris Nielson 28 Catherine A. O'Brien 832 Martha E. O'Brien 832 Steve Ohren 31,828 Pacifica Holding Company 97,870 Sybil T. Patten 1,816 Betty S. Phillips 3,912 Jeffrey Pion 2,879 Pipkin Family Trust dated 10/6/89 3,140 Robert J. Powers 37,674 Manor Properties 143,408 Elizabeth Hutton Hagen Fitzpatrick IRA dated 9/1/91 607 Robert S. Hood Living Trust dated 1/9/90 & Amended 12/16/96 3,591 James Sage 2,156
12
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Kathleen Sage 3,350 Wilton Wade Sample 5,449 Sealy & Company, Inc. 37,119 Sealy Florida, Inc. 675 Mark P. Sealy 8,451 Sealy Real Estate Services, Inc. 148,478 Scott P. Sealy 40,902 Marilyn Rangel IRA dated 2/5/86 969 Siskel Family Partnership 11,359 Siskel Revocable Trust 1987 dated 4/17/1987 10,087 Suzanne Siskel 3,802 Steve Smith 386 Sterling Alsip Trust dated August 1, 1989 794 Sterling Family Trust dated 3/27/80 3,559 Donald C. Thompson 39,243 TUT Investments I LLC 5,274 William S. Tyrrell 2,906 Van Gilder Family Partnership 2,262 Virginia B. and Norton Sharpe Living trust UDT dated 4/26/96 12,055 Steve Walbridge 338 Richard Walker, Jr. 963 Charles Kendall Jr. Rollover IRA dated 1/21/93 656 William B. Wiener, Jr. 41,119
13
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Patricia Wiener-Shifke 12,944 William J. Mallen Trust dated 4/29/94 8,016 Fred Wilson 35,787 World's Fair Thirty 1,442 Wolsum, Inc. 2,427 Johannson Yap 1,680 Gerald & Sharon Zuckerman 615 Stephen Mann 15,017 Stanley Gruber 30,032 Seymour Israel 15,016 J. O'Neil Duffy, Sr. 513 James O. Duffy, Jr. 513 Garrett E. Sheehan 513 Sam Shamie Trust Agreement dated March 16, 1978, as restated on November 16, 1993 337,753 Richard H. Zimmerman Living Trust dated October 15, 1990, as amended 47,174 Keith J. Pomeroy Revocable Trust Agreement, dated December 13, 1976, as amended and restated on June 28, 1995 128,783 Enid Braden Trust of June 28, 1995 18,464 Sam L. Yaker Revocable Trust Agreement dated February 14, 1984 30,285 Armenag Kalaydjian Revocable Trust Agreement dated February 28, 1984 21,655 RBZ LLC 124 KEP LLC 78,873
14
LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- ESAA Associates Limited Partnership 19,367 Paul F. Obrecht, Jr. 5,289 Richard F. Obrecht 5,289 Thomas F. Obrecht 5,289 George F. Obrecht 5,289 Joan R. Kreiger Revocable Trust 15,184 William L. Kreiger, Jr. 3,374 Elmer H. Wingate 1,688 Apollo/Pacifica Bryant LLC 42,977 Edwin and Cathleen Hession 7,987 D.W. Sivers Co. 118,265 Sivers Investment Partnership 283,500 Sivers Family Real Property Limited Liability Company 12,062 Wendell C. Sivers Marital Trust u/w/d February 20, 1981 14,020 Dennis W. Sivers 27,636 Jack H. Kulka 330 Babette Kulka 330 Jeffrey L. Greenberg 330 Martin Eglow 330 James J. Warfield 330
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4


                               EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO
                           SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
                        LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.


    As of October 30, 1998, the undersigned, being the sole general partner of
First Industrial, L.P. (the "PARTNERSHIP"), a limited partnership formed under
the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and pursuant to the terms
of that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, dated
March 18, 1998 (as amended by the first amendment thereto dated April 1, 1998,
the second amendment thereto dated April 3, 1998, the third amendment thereto
dated April 16, 1998, the fourth amendment thereto dated May 20, 1998, the fifth
amendment thereto dated July 16, 1998, the sixth amendment thereto dated August
31, 1998 and the seventh amendment thereto dated October 21, 1998) (collectively
the "PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT"), does hereby amend the Partnership Agreement as
follows:

    Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Eighth Amendment shall have
the same meanings that are ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement.

    1. ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS. The Persons identified on SCHEDULE 1 hereto
are hereby admitted to the Partnership as Additional Limited Partners owning the
number of Units and having made the Capital Contributions set forth on such
SCHEDULE 1. Such persons hereby adopt the Partnership Agreement. The General
Partner hereby consents to the assignment of the Units of the Additional Limited
Partners identified as transferors on SCHEDULE 2 hereto to the parties
identified as transferees and in the amounts set forth on SCHEDULE 2, and to the
admission to the Partnership as Substituted Limited Partners of such
transferees, and such transferees are hereby admitted to the Partnership as
Substituted Limited Partners.

    2. SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS. EXHIBIT 1B to the Partnership Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced by EXHIBIT 1B hereto which identifies the
Partners following consummation of the transactions referred to in Section 1
hereof.

    3. PROTECTED AMOUNTS. In connection with the transactions consummated
pursuant to that certain Contribution Agreement (the "CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT"),
dated October 30, 1998, by and between FR Acquisitions, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (it having assigned its entire right, title and interest in and to
the Contribution Agreement to the Partnership), and the other parties listed on
the signature pages of the Contribution Agreement, certain Protected Amounts are
being established for the Additional Limited Partners admitted pursuant to this
Seventh Amendment, which Protected Amounts are reflected on EXHIBIT 1D attached
hereto and shall be incorporated as part of EXHIBIT 1D of the Partnership
Agreement.

    4. RATIFICATION. Except as expressly modified by this Eighth Amendment, all
of the provisions of the Partnership Agreement are affirmed and ratified and
remain in full force and effect.



    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Eighth Amendment as of
the date first written above.

                                  FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as sole
                                  general partner of the Partnership


                                  By:  /s/   Michael W. Brennan
                                     ------------------------------  
                                      Name:  Michael W. Brennan      
                                      Title: Chief Operating Officer 
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                                   EXHIBIT 1B
                              SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS

                                                                                 
               GENERAL PARTNER                                                      NUMBER OF UNITS
               ---------------                                                      ---------------
               First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.                                       30,892,739

               LIMITED PARTNERS                                                     NUMBER OF UNITS
               ----------------                                                     ---------------
               Aimee Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/65                                      2,384
               Daniel R. Andrew, TR of the Daniel R. Andrew Trust UA                        137,489
               Dec 29 92
               Charles T. Andrews                                                               754
               Gordon E. Atkins                                                               6,767
               William J. Atkins                                                             22,381
               E. Donald Bafford                                                              3,374
               William Baloh                                                                  8,582
               Edward N. Barad                                                                2,283
               UA dated April 11, 1996 Blurton 1996 Revocable Family                            598
               Trust
               James Bolt                                                                     5,587
               Harriett Bonn                                                                 28,804
               Michael W. Brennan                                                             3,806
               Robert Brown                                                                   2,123
               Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson                          1,970
               TR of the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20
               94, FBO Benjamin Dure Bullock
               Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson                          1,970
               TR of the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20
               94, FBO Christine Laurel Bullock
               Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock TR of the Henry D.                         9,126
               & Terri D. Bullock Trust UA Aug 28 92
               Edward Burger                                                                  9,261
               Calamer Inc.                                                                   1,233
               Perry C. Caplan                                                                1,388
               Irwin Carasso                                                                 17,192
               Carol P. Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/72                                   2,384
               The Carthage Partners LLC                                                     34,939
               Cliffwood Development Company                                                 64,823
               Collins Family Trust dated 5/6/69                                            137,808
               Kelly Collins                                                                 11,116
               Michael Collins                                                               17,369
               Charles S. Cook and Shelby H. Cook, tenants in the                               634
               entirety
               Caroline Atkins Coutret                                                        7,327
               David Cleborne Crow                                                            5,159
               Gretchen Smith Crow                                                            2,602
               Michael G. Damone, TR of the Michael G. Damone Trust                         144,296
               UA Nov 4 69
               Myrna R. Debilak                                                               5,447
               Robert L. Denton                                                               6,286
               C G Property Development                                                      27,975
               W Allen Doane, trustee of the W Allen Doane Trust U-A                          4,416
               05-31-91
               Timonthy Donohue                                                               1,000

2 3 Darwin B. Dosch 1,388 Charles F. Downs 1,508 Greg and Christina Downs, joint tenants 474 Gregory Downs 48 Draizin Family Partnership, LP 357,896 Joseph S. Dresner 149,531 Ethel Road Associates 29,511 James Kozen, trustee U-A dated 02/24/86 33,031 Farlow Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 Fitz & Smith Partnership 3,410 Fourbur Family Co., L.P. 620,273 Gamma Three Associates Limited Partnership 3,338 Dennis G. Goodwin and Jeannie L. Goodwin, tenants in 6,166 the entirety Clay Hamlin & Lynn Hamlin, joint tenants with rights 15,159 of survivorship Henry E. Dietz Trust UA Jan 16 81 36,476 Highland Associates Limited Partnership 69,039 Robert W. Holman Jr. 150,146 Holman/Shidler Investment Corporation 22,079 Steven B. Hoyt 175,000 Internal Investment Company 3,016 Frederick K. Ito 3,880 The Jack Friedman Revocable Living Trust UA March 23, 26,005 1978 Jayeff Associates Limited Partnership 16,249 Michael W. Jenkins 3,917 Jernie Holdings Corp. 180,499 John E. De B Blockey Trust 8,293 Thomas J. Johnson, Jr. and Sandra L. Johnson, tenants 2,142 in the entirety Nourhan Kailian 2,183 Peter Kepic 9,261 Lambert Investment Corporation 13,606 Paul T. Lambert 39,749 Constance Lazarus 417,961 Jerome Lazarus 18,653 LGR Investment Fund Ltd 22,556 Malcolm Properties, L.L.C. 25,342 Princeton South at Lawrenceville LLC 4,692 Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Duane Lund 617 R. Craig Martin 754 J. Stanley Mattison 12 Eileen Millar 2,922 Linda Miller 2,000 The Milton Dresner Revocable Trust UA October 22, 1976 149,531 Montrose Kennedy Associates 4,874 Peter Murphy 56,184 Anthony Muscatello 81,654 Joseph Musti 1,508 Dean A. Nachtigall 10,076 New Land Associates Limited Partnership 1,664 North Star Associates Limited Partnership 19,333
3 4 Arden O'Connor 13,845 Peter O'Connor 66,181 Princeton South at Lawrenceville One 4,426 Eduardo Paneque 2,000 Partridge Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 R.C.P. Associates, a New Jersey limited partnership 3,060 Jack F. Ream 1,071 Glenn C. Rexroth and Linda A. Rexroth, as tenants in 2,142 the entirety James C. Reynolds 40,154 Andre G. Richard 1,508 RJB Ford City Limited Partnership 158,438 RJB II Limited Partnership 40,788 Edward C. Roberts and Rebecca S. Roberts, tenants in 8,308 the entirety W.F.O. Rosenmiller 634 Edward Jon Sarama 634 Shadeland Associates Limited Partnership 42,976 Shadeland Corporation 4,442 Jay H. Shidler 66,984 Jay H. Shidler and Wallette A. Shidler, tenants in the 1,223 entirety Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Michael B. Slade 2,829 David W. Smith, and Doris L. Smith, tenants in the 754 entirety Gary L. Smith and Joyce A. Smith, tenants in the 1,508 entirety Kevin Smith 13,571 South Broad Company 72,421 South Gold Company 82,433 SRS Partnership 2,142 UA Dated May 21, 1996 FBO Robert Stein 56,778 Robert Stein 6,852 S. Larry Stein 63,630 Jonathan Stott 80,026 Suburban Roseland Associates, a Limited Partnership 3,002 Thelma C. Gretzinger Trust 450 Thomas K. Barad & Jill E. Barad, Co-Trustees of the 2,283 Thomas K. Barad & Jill E. Barad Trust Dated 10-18-89 Michael T. Tomasz 25,847 Barry L. Tracey 2,142 Van Brunt Associates 39,370 Worlds Fair Associates 6,134 Worlds Fair III Associates 14,094 The Worlds Fair Office Associates 3,343 Worlds Fair Partners Limited Partnership 1,664 The Worlds Fair V Associates 3,340 The Worlds Fair 25 Associates 13,677 BSDK Enterprises 3,596 Estate of Albert Sklar 3,912 Rand H. Falbaum 17,022 William M. Fausone 16,480 Elizabeth Fitzpatrick 3,800 Fred Trust dated 6/16/77 653
4 5 Carol P. Freyer 12,173 Lee Karen Freyer 10,665 Aimee Freyer-Valls 12,173 David Fried 1,326 Ester Fried 3,177 Douglas Frye 2,216 J. Peter Gaffney 727 Gerlach Family Trust dated 6/28/85 874 Patricia O. Godchaux 9,387 Timothy Gudim 27,782 Timothy & Melissa Gudim, joint tenants 3,285 H/Airport GP Inc. 1,433 Vivian Hack 22,522 Martha J. Harbinson 3,329 Turner Harshaw 1,132 Cathleen Hession 3,137 Howard Trust dated 4/30/79 653 John A. and Gloria H. Sage Family Trust UDT dated 15,864 6/7/94 L. Chris Johnson 3,196 Johnson Living Trust dated 2/18/83 1,078 Charles Mark Jordan 57 JPG Investment 919 David R. Kahnweiler 5,436 Thomas Kendall 546 Kirshner Family Trust #1 dated 4/8/76 29,558 Kirshner Trust #4 FBO Todd Kirshner 20,258 Kolpack MD Pension 994 Chester A. Latcham 2,493 Lee Karen Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/65 2,384 Georgia Leonard 664 Robert Leonard III 5,856 Steve Leonard 37,645 Leslie A. Rubin LTD 4,048 CLMM LLC 3,825 PAC-II LLC 17,356 Sealy Professional Drive LLC 2,906 Sealy Unitholder LLC 31,552 SPM Industrial LLC 5,262 Reyem Partners LP 8,489 Henry E. Mawicke 636 Richard McClintock 623 McElroy Management Inc. 5,478 MCS Properties, Inc. 5,958 Lila Atkins Mulkey 7,327 James Muslow, Jr. 4,911 Adel Nassif 4,910 Kris Nielson 28 Catherine A. O'Brien 832 Martha E. O'Brien 832 Steve Ohren 31,828 Pacifica Holding Company 97,870 Sybil T. Patten 1,816 Betty S. Phillips 3,912 Jeffrey Pion 2,879
5 6 Pipkin Family Trust dated 10/6/89 3,140 Robert J. Powers 37,674 Manor Properties 143,408 Elizabeth Hutton Hagen Fitzpatrick IRA dated 9/1/91 607 Robert S. Hood Living Trust dated 1/9/90 & Amended 3,591 12/16/96 James Sage 2,156 Kathleen Sage 3,350 Wilton Wade Sample 5,449 Sealy & Company, Inc. 37,119 Sealy Florida, Inc. 675 Mark P. Sealy 8,451 Sealy Real Estate Services, Inc. 148,478 Scott P. Sealy 40,902 Marilyn Rangel IRA dated 2/5/86 969 Siskel Family Partnership 11,359 Siskel Revocable Trust 1987 dated 4/17/1987 10,087 Suzanne Siskel 3,802 Steve Smith 386 Sterling Alsip Trust dated August 1, 1989 794 Sterling Family Trust dated 3/27/80 3,559 Donald C. Thompson 39,243 TUT Investments I LLC 5,274 William S. Tyrrell 2,906 Van Gilder Family Partnership 2,262 Virginia B. and Norton Sharpe Living trust UDT dated 12,055 4/26/96 Steve Walbridge 338 Richard Walker, Jr. 963 Charles Kendall Jr. Rollover IRA dated 1/21/93 656 William B. Wiener, Jr. 41,119
6 7 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS ---------------- --------------- Patricia Wiener-Shifke 12,944 William J. Mallen Trust dated 4/29/94 8,016 Fred Wilson 35,787 World's Fair Thirty 1,442 Wolsum, Inc. 2,427 Johannson Yap 1,680 Gerald & Sharon Zuckerman 615 Stephen Mann 15,017 Stanley Gruber 30,032 Seymour Israel 15,016 J. O'Neil Duffy, Sr. 513 James O. Duffy, Jr. 513 Garrett E. Sheehan 513 Sam Shamie Trust Agreement dated March 16, 1978, as 337,753 restated on November 16, 1993 Richard H. Zimmerman Living Trust dated October 15, 47,174 1990, as amended Keith J. Pomeroy Revocable Trust Agreement, dated 128,783 December 13, 1976, as amended and restated on June 28, 1995 Enid Braden Trust of June 28, 1995 18,464 Sam L. Yaker Revocable Trust Agreement dated February 30,285 14, 1984 Armenag Kalaydjian Revocable Trust Agreement dated 21,655 February 28, 1984 RBZ LLC 124 KEP LLC 78,873 ESAA Associates Limited Partnership 19,367 Paul F. Obrecht, Jr. 5,289 Richard F. Obrecht 5,289 Thomas F. Obrecht 5,289 George F. Obrecht 5,289 Joan R. Kreiger Revocable Trust 15,184 William L. Kreiger, Jr. 3,374 Elmer H. Wingate 1,688 Apollo/Pacifica Bryant LLC 42,977 Edwin and Cathleen Hession 7,987 D.W. Sivers Co. 118,265 Sivers Investment Partnership 283,500 Sivers Family Real Property Limited Liability Company 12,062 Wendell C. Sivers Marital Trust u/w/d February 20, 1981 14,020 Dennis W. Sivers 27,636 Jack H. Kulka 330 Babette Kulka 330 Jeffrey L. Greenberg 330 Martin Eglow 330 James J. Warfield 330
7 8 EXHIBIT 1D PROTECTED AMOUNTS Additional Limited Partner Protected Amount -------------------------- ---------------- Trotwood Industrial Park $150,000.00 8 9 SCHEDULE 1 Additional Limited Partner Number of Units Capital Contribution --------------- --------------- -------------------- Trotwood Industrial Park 13,704 $340,818.67 9 10 SCHEDULE 2 Transferor Transferee Units Capital Account ---------- ---------- ----- --------------- Trotwood Industrial Park Robert Stein 6,852 $170,409.33 Trotwood Industrial Park S. Larry Stein 6,852 $170,409.33 10
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.5

                               NINTH AMENDMENT TO
                           SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
                        LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.


    As of November 5, 1998, the undersigned, being the sole general partner of
First Industrial, L.P. (the "PARTNERSHIP"), a limited partnership formed under
the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and pursuant to the terms
of that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, dated
March 18, 1998 (as amended by the first amendment thereto dated April 1, 1998,
the second amendment thereto dated April 3, 1998, the third amendment thereto
dated April 16, 1998, the fourth amendment thereto dated May 20, 1998, the fifth
amendment thereto dated July 16, 1998, the sixth amendment thereto dated August
31, 1998, the seventh amendment thereto dated October 21, 1998 and the eighth
amendment thereto dated October 30, 1998) (collectively the "PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT"), does hereby amend the Partnership Agreement as follows:

    Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Ninth Amendment shall have
the same meanings that are ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement. 

    1. ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS. The Persons identified on SCHEDULE 1 hereto
are hereby admitted to the Partnership as Additional Limited Partners owning the
number of Units and having made the Capital Contributions set forth on such
SCHEDULE 1. Such persons hereby adopt the Partnership Agreement.

    2. SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS. EXHIBIT 1B to the Partnership Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced by EXHIBIT 1B hereto which identifies the
Partners following consummation of the transactions referred to in Section 1
hereof.

    3. RATIFICATION. Except as expressly modified by this Ninth Amendment, all
of the provisions of the Partnership Agreement are affirmed and ratified and
remain in full force and effect.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Ninth Amendment
as of the date first written above.

                  FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as sole general partner
                  of the Partnership


                  By:      /s/ Michael Brennan 
                      -----------------------------------  
                           Name:  Michael Brennan
                           Title: Chief Operating Officer





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                                   EXHIBIT 1B
                              SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS

GENERAL PARTNER NUMBER OF UNITS --------------- --------------- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 30,892,739 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS ---------------- --------------- Aimee Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/65 2,384 Daniel R. Andrew, TR of the Daniel R. Andrew Trust UA 137,489 Dec 29 92 Charles T. Andrews 754 Gordon E. Atkins 6,767 William J. Atkins 22,381 E. Donald Bafford 3,374 William Baloh 8,582 Edward N. Barad 2,283 UA dated April 11, 1996 Blurton 1996 Revocable Family 598 Trust James Bolt 5,587 Harriett Bonn 28,804 Michael W. Brennan 3,806 Robert Brown 2,123 Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson 1,970 TR of the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20 94, FBO Benjamin Dure Bullock Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson 1,970 TR of the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20 94, FBO Christine Laurel Bullock Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock TR of the Henry D. 9,126 & Terri D. Bullock Trust UA Aug 28 92 Edward Burger 9,261 Calamer Inc. 1,233 Perry C. Caplan 1,388 Irwin Carasso 17,192 Carol P. Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/72 2,384 The Carthage Partners LLC 34,939 Cliffwood Development Company 64,823 Collins Family Trust dated 5/6/69 137,808 Kelly Collins 11,116 Michael Collins 17,369 Charles S. Cook and Shelby H. Cook, tenants in the 634 entirety Caroline Atkins Coutret 7,327 David Cleborne Crow 5,159 Gretchen Smith Crow 2,602 Michael G. Damone, TR of the Michael G. Damone Trust 144,296 UA Nov 4 69 Myrna R. Debilak 5,447 Robert L. Denton 6,286 C G Property Development 27,975 W Allen Doane, trustee of the W Allen Doane Trust U-A 4,416 05-31-91 Timonthy Donohue 1,000
2 3 Darwin B. Dosch 1,388 Charles F. Downs 1,508 Greg and Christina Downs, joint tenants 474 Gregory Downs 48 Draizin Family Partnership, LP 357,896 Joseph S. Dresner 149,531 Ethel Road Associates 29,511 James Kozen, trustee U-A dated 02/24/86 33,031 Farlow Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 Fitz & Smith Partnership 3,410 Fourbur Family Co., L.P. 620,273 Gamma Three Associates Limited Partnership 3,338 Dennis G. Goodwin and Jeannie L. Goodwin, tenants in 6,166 the entirety Clay Hamlin & Lynn Hamlin, joint tenants with rights 15,159 of survivorship Leland A. and Margery Ann Hodges 60,000 Henry E. Dietz Trust UA Jan 16 81 36,476 Highland Associates Limited Partnership 69,039 Robert W. Holman Jr. 150,146 Holman/Shidler Investment Corporation 22,079 Steven B. Hoyt 175,000 Internal Investment Company 3,016 Frederick K. Ito 3,880 The Jack Friedman Revocable Living Trust UA March 23, 26,005 1978 Jayeff Associates Limited Partnership 16,249 Michael W. Jenkins 3,917 Jernie Holdings Corp. 180,499 John E. De B Blockey Trust 8,293 Thomas J. Johnson, Jr. and Sandra L. Johnson, tenants 2,142 in the entirety Nourhan Kailian 2,183 Peter Kepic 9,261 Lambert Investment Corporation 13,606 Paul T. Lambert 39,749 Constance Lazarus 417,961 Jerome Lazarus 18,653 LGR Investment Fund Ltd 22,556 Malcolm Properties, L.L.C. 25,342 Princeton South at Lawrenceville LLC 4,692 Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Duane Lund 617 R. Craig Martin 754 J. Stanley Mattison 12 Eileen Millar 2,922 Linda Miller 2,000 The Milton Dresner Revocable Trust UA October 22, 1976 149,531 Montrose Kennedy Associates 4,874 Peter Murphy 56,184 Anthony Muscatello 81,654 Joseph Musti 1,508 Dean A. Nachtigall 10,076 New Land Associates Limited Partnership 1,664
3 4 North Star Associates Limited Partnership 19,333 Arden O'Connor 13,845 Peter O'Connor 66,181 Princeton South at Lawrenceville One 4,426 Eduardo Paneque 2,000 Partridge Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 R.C.P. Associates, a New Jersey limited partnership 3,060 Jack F. Ream 1,071 Glenn C. Rexroth and Linda A. Rexroth, as tenants in 2,142 the entirety James C. Reynolds 40,154 Andre G. Richard 1,508 RJB Ford City Limited Partnership 158,438 RJB II Limited Partnership 40,788 Edward C. Roberts and Rebecca S. Roberts, tenants in 8,308 the entirety W.F.O. Rosenmiller 634 Edward Jon Sarama 634 Shadeland Associates Limited Partnership 42,976 Shadeland Corporation 4,442 Jay H. Shidler 66,984 Jay H. Shidler and Wallette A. Shidler, tenants in the 1,223 entirety Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Michael B. Slade 2,829 David W. Smith, and Doris L. Smith, tenants in the 754 entirety Gary L. Smith and Joyce A. Smith, tenants in the 1,508 entirety Kevin Smith 13,571 South Broad Company 72,421 South Gold Company 82,433 SRS Partnership 2,142 UA Dated May 21, 1996 FBO Robert Stein 56,778 Robert Stein 6,852 S. Larry Stein 63,630 Jonathan Stott 80,026 Suburban Roseland Associates, a Limited Partnership 3,002 Thelma C. Gretzinger Trust 450 Thomas K. Barad & Jill E. Barad, Co-Trustees of the 2,283 Thomas K. Barad & Jill E. Barad Trust Dated 10-18-89 Michael T. Tomasz 25,847 Barry L. Tracey 2,142 Van Brunt Associates 39,370 Worlds Fair Associates 6,134 Worlds Fair III Associates 14,094 The Worlds Fair Office Associates 3,343 Worlds Fair Partners Limited Partnership 1,664 The Worlds Fair V Associates 3,340 The Worlds Fair 25 Associates 13,677 BSDK Enterprises 3,596 Estate of Albert Sklar 3,912 Rand H. Falbaum 17,022 William M. Fausone 16,480 Elizabeth Fitzpatrick 3,800
4 5 Fred Trust dated 6/16/77 653 Carol P. Freyer 12,173 Lee Karen Freyer 10,665 Aimee Freyer-Valls 12,173 David Fried 1,326 Ester Fried 3,177 Douglas Frye 2,216 J. Peter Gaffney 727 Gerlach Family Trust dated 6/28/85 874 Patricia O. Godchaux 9,387 Timothy Gudim 27,782 Timothy & Melissa Gudim, joint tenants 3,285 H/Airport GP Inc. 1,433 Vivian Hack 22,522 Martha J. Harbinson 3,329 Turner Harshaw 1,132 Cathleen Hession 3,137 Howard Trust dated 4/30/79 653 John A. and Gloria H. Sage Family Trust UDT dated 15,864 6/7/94 L. Chris Johnson 3,196 Johnson Living Trust dated 2/18/83 1,078 Charles Mark Jordan 57 JPG Investment 919 David R. Kahnweiler 5,436 Thomas Kendall 546 Kirshner Family Trust #1 dated 4/8/76 29,558 Kirshner Trust #4 FBO Todd Kirshner 20,258 Kolpack MD Pension 994 Chester A. Latcham 2,493 Lee Karen Freyer Lifetime Trust dated 11/1/65 2,384 Georgia Leonard 664 Robert Leonard III 5,856 Steve Leonard 37,645 Leslie A. Rubin LTD 4,048 CLMM LLC 3,825 PAC-II LLC 17,356 Sealy Professional Drive LLC 2,906 Sealy Unitholder LLC 31,552 SPM Industrial LLC 5,262 Reyem Partners LP 8,489 Henry E. Mawicke 636 Richard McClintock 623 McElroy Management Inc. 5,478 MCS Properties, Inc. 5,958 Lila Atkins Mulkey 7,327 James Muslow, Jr. 4,911 Adel Nassif 4,910 Kris Nielson 28 Catherine A. O'Brien 832 Martha E. O'Brien 832 Steve Ohren 31,828 Pacifica Holding Company 97,870 Sybil T. Patten 1,816 Betty S. Phillips 3,912
5 6 Jeffrey Pion 2,879 Pipkin Family Trust dated 10/6/89 3,140 Robert J. Powers 37,674 Manor Properties 143,408 Elizabeth Hutton Hagen Fitzpatrick IRA dated 9/1/91 607 Robert S. Hood Living Trust dated 1/9/90 & Amended 3,591 12/16/96 James Sage 2,156 Kathleen Sage 3,350 Wilton Wade Sample 5,449 Sealy & Company, Inc. 37,119 Sealy Florida, Inc. 675 Mark P. Sealy 8,451 Sealy Real Estate Services, Inc. 148,478 Scott P. Sealy 40,902 Marilyn Rangel IRA dated 2/5/86 969 Siskel Family Partnership 11,359 Siskel Revocable Trust 1987 dated 4/17/1987 10,087 Suzanne Siskel 3,802 Steve Smith 386 Sterling Alsip Trust dated August 1, 1989 794 Sterling Family Trust dated 3/27/80 3,559 Donald C. Thompson 39,243 TUT Investments I LLC 5,274 William S. Tyrrell 2,906 Van Gilder Family Partnership 2,262 Virginia B. and Norton Sharpe Living trust UDT dated 12,055 4/26/96 Steve Walbridge 338 Richard Walker, Jr. 963 Charles Kendall Jr. Rollover IRA dated 1/21/93 656 William B. Wiener, Jr. 41,119 Patricia Wiener-Shifke 12,944 William J. Mallen Trust dated 4/29/94 8,016 Fred Wilson 35,787 World's Fair Thirty 1,442 Wolsum, Inc. 2,427 Johannson Yap 1,680 Gerald & Sharon Zuckerman 615 Stephen Mann 15,017 Stanley Gruber 30,032 Seymour Israel 15,016 J. O'Neil Duffy, Sr. 513 James O. Duffy, Jr. 513 Garrett E. Sheehan 513 Sam Shamie Trust Agreement dated March 16, 1978, as 337,753 restated on November 16, 1993 Richard H. Zimmerman Living Trust dated October 15, 47,174 1990, as amended Keith J. Pomeroy Revocable Trust Agreement, dated 128,783 December 13, 1976, as amended and restated on June 28, 1995 Enid Braden Trust of June 28, 1995 18,464 Sam L. Yaker Revocable Trust Agreement dated February 30,285 14, 1984
6 7 Armenag Kalaydjian Revocable Trust Agreement dated 21,655 February 28, 1984 RBZ LLC 124 KEP LLC 78,873 ESAA Associates Limited Partnership 19,367 Paul F. Obrecht, Jr. 5,289 Richard F. Obrecht 5,289 Thomas F. Obrecht 5,289 George F. Obrecht 5,289 Joan R. Kreiger Revocable Trust 15,184 William L. Kreiger, Jr. 3,374 Elmer H. Wingate 1,688 Apollo/Pacifica Bryant LLC 42,977 Edwin and Cathleen Hession 7,987 D.W. Sivers Co. 118,265 Sivers Investment Partnership 283,500 Sivers Family Real Property Limited Liability Company 12,062 Wendell C. Sivers Marital Trust u/w/d February 20, 1981 14,020 Dennis W. Sivers 27,636 Jack H. Kulka 330 Babette Kulka 330 Jeffrey L. Greenberg 330 Martin Eglow 330 James J. Warfield 330
7 8 SCHEDULE 1
Additional Limited Partner Number of Units Capital Contribution --------------- --------------- -------------------- Leland A. and Margery Ann Hodges 60,000 $1,525,800.00
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5 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM (A) THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY REFERENCE TO SUCH (B) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1,000 US DOLLARS 9-MOS DEC-31-1998 JAN-01-1998 SEP-30-1998 1 5,612 0 12,480 (2,000) 0 16,092 2,592,832 (161,423) 2,563,256 92,125 0 0 18 379 1,074,184 2,563,256 0 255,858 0 (73,706) (57,452) 0 (32,013) 68,520 0 68,520 0 0 (1,976) 66,544 1.18 1.18
 

5 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM (A) THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC. FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH (B) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1,000 US DOLLARS 9-MOS DEC-31-1997 JAN-01-1997 SEP-30-1997 1 3,871 307,344 7,868 (750) 0 10,989 1,410,983 (112,107) 1,684,038 58,111 0 0 17 309 681,906 1,684,038 0 155,168 0 (41,094) (33,825) 0 (21,321) 31,760 0 31,760 0 (12,563) 0 19,197 .53 .52
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 99









                  FIRST INDUSTRIAL NAMES MICHAEL W. BRENNAN
                    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


CHICAGO, November 11, 1998 - First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR) has
announced that Michael T. Tomasz, 56, has resigned as the Company's President
and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director to pursue other personal and
business interests.  Effective immediately, the Board of Directors has
appointed Michael W. Brennan, 41, as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Brennan, a co-founder and director of First Industrial, previously served as
Chief Operating Officer.  Before co-founding First Industrial, Brennan served
as a president and executive officer in two of the Company's predecessors.
Brennan has 19 years experience in industrial real estate operations,
investment and management.

Tomasz commented, "To achieve First Industrial's next level of success, I
believe this is a well-timed opportunity for me to step down and usher in a new
era of leadership.  Mike Brennan, as both COO of the Company and my close
partner for 12 years, has proven himself dynamic, dedicated and resourceful.
He will do an excellent job managing the organization, which is primed to build
upon and operate its national franchise.  I have every confidence that Mike, in
his expanded role, will further promote First Industrial's operational
excellence."

Brennan said, "Mike Tomasz has built First Industrial from its inception in
1994 to a national, $2.7 billion corporation.  I would like to thank him for
his vision to establish First Industrial as the country's premier owner and
operator of industrial real estate.  He has graciously agreed to be available
to consult with the Company during this transition period.  I am very pleased
to be able to serve in this more extensive capacity and continue this vision."

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-advised real
estate company that owns and operates 70 million square feet of industrial real
estate in the U.S.  The Company's strategy is to create shareholder value
through the operation of its national franchise, focusing on superior localized
customer service, operational efficiencies, low-risk developments, and
strategic and opportunity-driven acquisitions.


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