Company: FR
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000921825-25-000032
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Company: FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

#### SCHEDULE 14A

#### Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

#### Securities Exchange Act of 1934
<div align='center'>(Amendment No. )</div>

| Filed by the Registrant    |     |                                                                                 |     | ☒ |     | Filed by a Party other than the Registrant |     | ☐ |
| Check the appropriate box: |     |                                                                                 |     |   |     |                                            |     |   |
| ☐                          |     | Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                     |     |   |     |                                            |     |   |
| ☐                          |     | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |     |   |     |                                            |     |   |
| ☒                          |     | Definitive Proxy Statement                                                      |     |   |     |                                            |     |   |
| ☐                          |     | Definitive Additional Materials                                                 |     |   |     |                                            |     |   |
| ☐                          |     | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12                                           |     |   |     |                                            |     |   |

#### FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
<div align='center'>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</div>

| Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply): |     |                                                                                                       |
| ☒                                                   |     | No fee required                                                                                       |
| ☐                                                   |     | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials                                                        |
| ☐                                                   |     | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14(a)-6(i)(1) and 0-11 |

#### NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
| Date and Time |     | Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time              |
|:--------------|:----|:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Location      |     | www.meetnow.global/MWKPCHC                                       |
| Who Can Vote  |     | Stockholders of record at the close of business on March 7, 2025 |

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