FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC

General

At December 31, 2023, we owned 428 industrial properties of which 422 were classified as in-service. Of the 428 properties owned on a consolidated basis, none of them are directly owned by the Company. The 422 in-service industrial properties contained an aggregate of approximately 64.9 million square feet of GLA in 18 states, with a diverse base of approximately 1,000 tenants engaged in a wide variety of businesses, including e-commerce, third-party logistics and transportation, consumer and other manufactured products, retail and consumer services, food and beverage, lumber and building materials, wholesale goods, health services, governmental and other. Our in-service portfolio includes all properties that have reached stabilized occupancy (defined as properties that are 90% leased), (re)developed properties upon the earlier of reaching 90% occupancy or one year from the date construction is completed and acquired properties that are at least 75% occupied at acquisition, unless we anticipate tenant move-outs within two years of ownership would drop occupancy below 75%. Acquired properties that are less than 75% occupied at acquisition or with tenants that we anticipate will move out within the first two years of ownership are placed in service upon the earlier of reaching 90% occupancy or one year after move out. The average annual base rent per square foot for our in-service portfolio, calculated at December 31, 2023, was $7.21. The properties are generally located in business parks that have convenient access to interstate highways and/or rail and air transportation. We maintain insurance on our properties that we believe is adequate.

The following tables summarize, by market, certain information as of December 31, 2023, with respect to the in-service properties.

In-Service Property Summary Totals

(A)Central/Eastern Pennsylvania includes the markets of Central Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. Denver includes one property in Salt Lake City. New Jersey includes the markets of Northern and Central New Jersey. Southern California includes the markets of Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and San Diego.

Indebtedness

As of December 31, 2023, three of our 422 in-service industrial properties, with a net carrying value of $31.1 million, are pledged as collateral under a mortgage financing, totaling $10.0 million. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying Schedule III for additional information.

Development Activity

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we moved 13 development properties totaling approximately 2.8 million square feet of GLA to our in-service portfolio at a total estimated cost of approximately $354.9 million. Included in the estimated total cost is $10.6 million of leasing commissions. The capitalization rate for these development projects, calculated using the estimated stabilized net operating income (excluding straight-line rent adjustments) divided by the total investment in the developed property is 6.6%. The placed in-service development projects have the following characteristics:

As of December 31, 2023, we substantially completed six developments totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet of GLA. The estimated total investment for the six developments is approximately $286.9 million, of which $248.1 million has been funded as of December 31, 2023. There can be no assurance that the actual completion cost for these developments will not exceed the estimated completion cost. The substantially completed developments have the following characteristics:

As of December 31, 2023, we have six development projects that are under construction totaling approximately 1.9 million square feet of GLA. The estimated total investment for the six development projects under construction is $284.8 million, of which $171.0 million has been funded as of December 31, 2023. There can be no assurance that the actual completion cost for these developments will not exceed the estimated completion cost. The development projects under construction have the following characteristics:

(A)The six properties were 6% pre-leased at December 31, 2023.

Property Acquisitions

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we acquired four industrial properties and 239 acres of land located in our Central/Eastern Pennsylvania, Central Florida, Houston, Nashville, South Florida and Southern California markets for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $124.5 million. The industrial properties were acquired at an expected stabilized capitalization rate of approximately 6.2%. The capitalization rate for these industrial property acquisitions was calculated using the estimated stabilized net operating income (excluding straight-line rent adjustments and above and below market lease amortization) and dividing it by the sum of the purchase price plus closing costs and estimated costs to stabilize the properties. The acquired industrial properties have the following characteristics:

Property Sales

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we sold 11 industrial properties comprising approximately 1.0 million square feet of GLA, at a weighted average capitalization rate of 6.5%, and two land parcels for total gross sales proceeds of approximately $125.3 million. The capitalization rate for the 11 industrial property sales is calculated by taking revenues of the property (excluding straight-line rent adjustments, lease inducement amortization and above and below market lease amortization) less operating expenses of the property for a period of the last twelve full months prior to sale and dividing the sum by the sales price of the property. The sold industrial properties have the following characteristics:

Tenant and Lease Information

We have a diverse base of approximately 1,000 tenants engaged in a wide variety of businesses including e-commerce, third-party logistics and transportation, consumer and other manufactured products, retail and consumer services, food and beverage, lumber and building materials, wholesale goods, health services, governmental and other. At December 31, 2023, our leases have a weighted average lease length of 7.6 years and the majority provide for periodic rent increases that are either fixed or based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. Industrial tenants typically have net or semi-net leases and pay as additional rent their percentage of the property's operating costs, including the costs of common area maintenance, insurance, property taxes and utilities. As of December 31, 2023, approximately 95.5% of the GLA of our in-service properties was leased, and no single tenant or group of related tenants accounted for more than 5.6% of our rent revenues, nor did any single tenant or group of related tenants occupy more than 5.4% of the total GLA of our in-service properties.

Leasing Activity

The following table provides a summary of our leasing activity for the year ended December 31, 2023. The table does not include month-to-month leases or leases with terms less than twelve months.

(A)Net rent is the average base rent calculated in accordance with GAAP, over the term of the lease.

(B)Straight Line basis rent growth is a ratio of the change in net rent (including straight-line rent adjustments) on a new or renewal lease compared to the net rent (including straight-line rent adjustments) of the comparable lease. New leases where there were no prior comparable leases are excluded.

(C)The lease term is expressed in years. Assumes no exercise of lease renewal options, if any.

(D)Lease costs are comprised of the costs incurred or capitalized for improvements of vacant and renewal spaces, as well as the commissions funded and costs capitalized for leasing transactions. Lease costs per square foot represent the total turnover costs expected to be incurred on the leases signed during the period and do not reflect actual expenditures for the period. First generation lease costs for development and acquisition properties are excluded.

(E)Represents the weighted average square feet of tenants renewing their respective leases.

The following table provides a summary of our leases that commenced during the year ended December 31, 2023, which included rent concessions during the lease term.

Lease Expirations

Fundamentals for the United States industrial real estate market remained favorable in 2023. Overall demand for new industrial space nationally grew, but at lower levels than the post-COVID-19 pandemic inventory rebuilding periods of 2021 and 2022. New industrial space continued to be developed and delivered throughout the year in response to this growth in demand and the levels of existing competing supply. In 2023, new supply exceeded incremental demand. National vacancy levels remained low and overall industry conditions resulted in an environment that was supportive of market-level rental rate growth in virtually all of the markets in which we own and operate, albeit at lower levels than in 2022. Based on our recent experience, low levels of vacancy generally throughout our markets and the 2024 forecast of a leading national research company, we expect our average net rental rates for renewal leases on a cash basis to be higher than the expiring rates. For 2024, net rental rates for new leases on a cash basis on average are also expected to be higher than the comparative prior leases, primarily due to market rent growth since when the comparative leases were signed. The following table shows scheduled lease expirations for our in-service properties as of December 31, 2023:

(A)Includes leases that expire on or after January 1, 2024 and assumes tenants do not exercise existing renewal, termination or purchase options. Reflects the impact of renewals signed prior to January 1, 2024 which are now reflected in the new year of expiration.

(B)Does not include existing vacancies of 2,937,033 aggregate square feet and December 31, 2023 move outs of 606,094 aggregate square feet.

(C)Annualized base rent is calculated as monthly contractual base rent per the terms of the lease, as of December 31, 2023, multiplied by 12. If free rent is granted, then the first positive rent value is used.