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Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-117842
     
 
    
Issuer:
  First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (Ticker: FR)
 
    
Security:
  Depositary shares each representing 1/10,000 of a share of 7.25% Series K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock liquidation preference equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share
 
    
Size:
  2,000,000 depositary shares; $50,000,000
 
    
Over-allotment option:
  None
 
    
Expected Ratings:
  Baa3/BBB-
 
    
Maturity:
  Perpetual
 
    
Call date:
  On or after August 15, 2011
 
    
Payment dates:
  Initially September 30, 2006 and quarterly thereafter
 
    
Type of security:
  SEC registered
 
    
Public offering price:
  $25.00 per depositary share, plus accrued dividends, if any, from date of original issuance
 
    
Expected net proceeds after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated transaction expenses payable by First Industrial:
  $48,225,000
     
 
    
Dividend Rate:
  7.25% of the liquidation preference per annum; $1.8125 per annum per depositary share, cumulative from date of original issuance
 
    
Expected listing:
  NYSE under symbol “FRPrK”
 
    
Settlement date:
  August 21, 2006
 
    
Managers:
  Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow Inc.
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
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The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC at 1-800-326-5897 or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-866-500-5408.