First Industrial Realty Trust to Host Second Quarter 2009 Results Conference Call

First Industrial Realty Trust to Host Second Quarter 2009 Results Conference
Call

CHICAGO, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
(NYSE: FR), a leading provider of industrial real estate supply chain
solutions, will host its second quarter 2009 results conference call on
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. CDT). The conference
call may be accessed by dialing (888) 823-7459 and the passcode is "First
Industrial". The conference call will also be webcast live on the Investor
Relations page of the Company's website at www.firstindustrial.com.

First Industrial's second quarter 2009 results will be released on Tuesday,
August 4, 2009 after market close and will be available on the Company's
website.

A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the call
through Friday, August 21, 2009. For the replay, please dial (800) 642-1687,
passcode 18143813. The replay will also be available on the Company's
website.

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR) provides industrial real estate
solutions for every stage of a customer's supply chain, no matter how large or
complex. Across major markets in the United States and Canada, our local
market experts buy, (re)develop, lease, manage and sell industrial properties,
including all of the major facility types - bulk and regional distribution
centers, light industrial, manufacturing, and R&D/flex. We continue to
receive leading customer service scores from Kingsley Associates, an
independent research firm, and in total, we own, manage and have under
development 97 million square feet of industrial space. For more information,
please visit us at www.firstindustrial.com.

This press release, and the presentation to which it refers, contain certain
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We intend
such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions
for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, and are including this statement for purposes of complying
with those safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements, which are based
on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations
of the Company, are generally identifiable by use of the words "believe,"
"expect," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "project" or similar
expressions. Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of future
plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Factors which could have a
materially adverse affect on our operations and future prospects include, but
are not limited to, changes in: national, international (including trade
volume growth), regional and local economic conditions generally and real
estate markets specifically, legislation/regulation (including changes to laws
governing the taxation of real estate investment trusts), our ability to
qualify and maintain our status as a real estate investment trust,
availability and attractiveness of financing (including both public and
private capital) to us and to our potential counterparties, interest rate
levels, our ability to maintain our current credit agency ratings,
competition, supply and demand for industrial properties (including land, the
supply and demand for which is inherently more volatile than other types of
industrial property) in the Company's current and proposed market areas,
difficulties in consummating acquisitions and dispositions, risks related to
our investments in properties through joint ventures, potential environmental
liabilities, slippage in development or lease-up schedules, tenant credit
risks, higher-than-expected costs, changes in general accounting principles,
policies and guidelines applicable to real estate investment trusts, risks
related to doing business internationally (including foreign currency exchange
risks and risks related to integrating international properties and
operations) and those additional factors described under the heading "Risk
Factors" and elsewhere in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2008 and in the Company's subsequent quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q. We caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, which reflect our outlook only and speak only as of the date of
this report or the dates indicated in the statements. We assume no obligation
to update or supplement forward-looking statements. For further information on
these and other factors that could impact the Company and the statements
contained herein, reference should be made to the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

Art Harmon, Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications of First
Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., +1-312-344-4320