Exhibit 10.3

SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASE AND SALE

This Second Amendment ("Amendment") to Agreement for Purchase and Sale, dated as of August 25, 2004, by and
among CABOT INDUSTRIAL VENTURE A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CABOT INDUSTRIAL VENTURE B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CW INDUSTRIAL VENTURE B, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, CW INDUSTRIAL VENTURE A TEXAS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and CW INDUSTRIAL VENTURE B TEXAS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (each a "Selling
Entity" and collectively, "Seller"), and DIVIDEND CAPITAL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP, a Delaware limited partnership
("Buyer").

RECITALS:

A.    Buyer
and Seller have previously entered into that certain Agreement for Purchase and Sale, dated as of August 11, 2004, as amended by that certain First Amendment
to agreement for Purchase and Sale, dated as of August 16, 2004 (collectively, the "Purchase Agreement"). All initially-capitalized terms used
herein, but not defined herein, shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

B.    Whereas,
Buyer has requested a five (5) day extension of the Contingency Period so that the Contingency Period would expire on August 30, 2004.

C.    Whereas,
Seller has agreed to grant such extension request.

D.    Buyer
and Seller now wish to amend the Purchase Agreement as set forth herein to provide for a five (5) day extension of the Contingency Period.

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which the parties hereto acknowledge, Buyer and Seller hereby
agree as follows:

1.     The
definition of "Contingency Period" as it appears in the first sentence of Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:



2.     The
Purchase Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, continues in full force and effect and embodies the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. The Purchase Agreement may be further amended or supplemented only by an instrument in writing executed by both parties. If there
is a contradiction between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment, then the terms of this Amendment shall control.

3.     This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of such counterparts shall constitute one
instrument. To facilitate execution of this Amendment, the parties may execute and exchange by telephone facsimile counterparts of the signature pages.

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date set forth below.

|Date of Execution: August 25, 2004 |  |                                                                               |                                                     
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|                                   |  | SELLER:
CABOT INDUSTRIAL VENTURE A, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
|                                   |  | By:                                                                           | /s/PETER F. FEINBERGPeter F. Feinberg
Vice President
|                                   |  | CABOT INDUSTRIAL VENTURE B, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company        
|                                   |  | By:                                                                           | /s/PETER F. FEINBERGPeter F. Feinberg
Vice President
|                                   |  | CW INDUSTRIAL VENTURE B, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company           
|                                   |  | By:                                                                           | /s/PETER F. FEINBERGPeter F. Feinberg
Vice President

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| |  | CW INDUSTRIAL VENTURE A TEXAS, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership                      
| |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | By: CW Industrial A Texas, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, its General Partner
| |  |                                                                                          
| |  | CW INDUSTRIAL VENTURE B TEXAS, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership                      
| |  | By: CW INDUSTRIAL B TEXAS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company,
its General Partner
| |  |                                                                                          

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|Date of Execution: August 25, 2004 |  |                                                                                   |                                                              
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|                                   |  | BUYER:                                                                           
|                                   |  | DIVIDEND CAPITAL OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP LP, a Delaware limited partnership        
|                                   |  | By: DIVIDEND CAPITAL TRUST INC., a
Maryland corporation, its sole general partner
|                                   |  | By:                                                                               | /s/TERESA L. CORRALName: Teresa L. Corral
Its: Vice President

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