Exhibit 21.1

List of Subsidiaries

|Name                                      |  | State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization
|----------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------
|Dividend Capital Operating Partnership LP |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Leasing Corp.                         |  | Delaware                                                    
|DC Lease Management LLC                   |  | Delaware                                                    
|Chickasaw A Leasing LLC                   |  | Delaware                                                    
|Chickasaw H Leasing LLC                   |  | Delaware                                                    
|Newpoint Leasing LLC                      |  | Delaware                                                    
|Plainfield Leasing LLC                    |  | Delaware                                                    
|Atl BF Portfolio Leasing LLC              |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT CF I LP                               |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT CF I GP LLC                           |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Chickasaw A LP                        |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Chickasaw GP A LLC                    |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Chickasaw H LP                        |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Chickasaw GP H LLC                    |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT DFW LP                                |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT DFW GP LLC                            |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Mallard Lake LLC                      |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Park West LLC                         |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Pinnacle LP                           |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Pinnacle GP LLC                       |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Plainfield LLC                        |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Rancho I LP                           |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Rancho I GP LLC                       |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT West by Northwest LLP                 |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT West by Northwest GP LLC              |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Eastgate LP                           |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Eastgate GP LLC                       |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Newpoint LLC                          |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Northwest OH LLC                      |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Riverport LLC                         |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT BondesenBeltway 8Rittiman LP        |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT BondesenBeltway 8Rittiman GP LLC    |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Park West II LLC                      |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Mid South Logistics V LP              |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Mid South Logistics V GP LLC          |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Southcreek Landing LLC                |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Memphis Trade Center III LP           |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Memphis Trade Center III GP LLC       |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Tradecenter III LLC                   |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCT Interpark 70 LLC                      |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCTMA 2004 RN Portfolio Progress         |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCTMA 2004 RN Portfolio South Street     |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCTMA 2004 RN Portfolio Technology       |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCTMA 2004 RN Portfolio Sunnyslope       |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCTTX 2004 RN Portfolio L LP             |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCTTX 2004 RN Portfolio GP LLC           |  | Delaware                                                    
|DCTTX 2004 RN Portfolio Greenbriar LP    |  | Delaware                                                    

|DCTTX 2004 RN Portfolio Greenbriar GP LLC |  | Delaware
|------------------------------------------ |  | --------
|DCTAZ 2004 RN Portfolio U LLC             |  | Delaware
|DCTAZ 2004 RN Portfolio D LLC             |  | Delaware
|DCTCA 2004 RN Portfolio L LP              |  | Delaware
|DCTCA 2004 RN Portfolio GP LLC            |  | Delaware
|DCTGA 2004 RN Portfolio L LLC             |  | Delaware
|DCTGA 2004 RN Portfolio U LLC             |  | Delaware
|DCTTX 2004 RN Portfolio Shiloh LP         |  | Delaware
|DCTTX 2004 RN Portfolio Shiloh GP LLC     |  | Delaware
|DCTAZ 2004 RN Portfolio L LLC             |  | Delaware
|DCTAZ 2004 RN Portfolio Watkins LLC       |  | Delaware
|DCT Cypress Park LP                        |  | Delaware
|DCT Orlando 1 GP LLC                       |  | Delaware
|DCT Atl Portfolio LLC                      |  | Delaware
|DCT Bayside LP                             |  | Delaware
|DCT Bayside GP LLC                         |  | Delaware
|DCT Sky Harbor LLC                         |  | Delaware
|DCT Grand River LP                         |  | Delaware
|DCT Grand River GP LLC                     |  | Delaware
|DCT Northmont LLC                          |  | Delaware
|DCT Foothill LP                            |  | Delaware
|DCT Foothill GP LLC                        |  | Delaware



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