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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.16

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                                     Issuer

                                       to

                      U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                     Trustee

                          Supplemental Indenture No. 6

                           Dated as of March 19, 2001

                                  $200,000,000
                                       of
                              7.375% Notes due 2011
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         SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 6, dated as of March 19, 2001 (the
"Supplemental Indenture"), between FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P., a limited partnership
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Operating Partnership"), and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").

                      RECITALS OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP

         The Operating Partnership has heretofore delivered to the Trustee an
Indenture dated as of May 13, 1997 (the "Indenture"), a form of which has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, as an exhibit to the Operating Partnership's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-21873), providing for the issuance
from time to time of Debt Securities of the Operating Partnership (the
"Securities").

         Section 301 of the Indenture provides for various matters with respect
to any series of Securities issued under the Indenture to be established in an
indenture supplemental to the Indenture.

         Section 901(7) of the Indenture provides for the Operating Partnership
and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as provided by Sections
201 and 301 of the Indenture.

         All the conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental
Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement in
accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been
performed and fulfilled.

         NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

         For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the series
of Securities provided for herein by the Holders thereof, it is mutually
covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of
the Notes, as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                       RELATION TO INDENTURE: DEFINITIONS

         Section 1.1. Relation to Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture
constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.

         Section 1.2. Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the context
otherwise requires:

                  (a) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture; and

                  (b) All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless
otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this
Supplemental Indenture.

         "ACQUIRED INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness of a Person (i) existing at
the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other than Indebtedness
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a
Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be
incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the
date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.

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         "ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE" for any period means (i) the aggregate interest
expense for such period in respect of, and the amortization during such period
of any original issue discount of, Indebtedness of the Operating Partnership and
its Subsidiaries and the amount of dividends which are payable during such
period in respect of any Disqualified Stock and (ii) so long as First Industrial
Securities, L.P. ("Securities, L.P.") is a Subsidiary of the Operating
Partnership, distributions which are payable during such period in respect of
any preference equity interests of Securities, L.P.

         "BUSINESS DAY" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is
neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banks in New York City or in Chicago
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

         "CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock
(including preferred stock), shares, interests, participations or other
ownership interests (however designated) of such Person and any rights (other
than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for corporate stock),
warrants or options to purchase any thereof.

         "CLEARSTREAM BANKING" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, its
successors and assigns.

         "CLOSING DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 3.1 hereof.

         "COMMISSION" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any successor entity.

         "CONSOLIDATED INCOME AVAILABLE FOR DEBT SERVICE" for any period means
Earnings from Operations of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries plus
amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for
the following (without duplication): (i) interest on Indebtedness of the
Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries, (ii) provision for taxes of the
Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization
of debt discount, (iv) provisions for gains and losses on properties and
property depreciation and amortization, (v) the effect of any noncash charge
resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from
Operations for such period, (vi) amortization of deferred charges and (vii)
interest income related to investments irrevocably deposited with an agent of
the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, for
the purpose of defeasing any indebtedness or any other obligation (whether
through a covenant defeasance or otherwise) pursuant to the terms of such
indebtedness or other obligation or the terms of any instrument creating or
evidencing it.

         "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which, at
any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date hereof is located at One Illinois Center, 111 East Wacker
Drive, Suite 3000, Chicago, Illinois 60601 and, for purposes of the Place of
Payment provisions of Sections 305 and 1002 of the Indenture, is located at 100
Wall Street, Suite 2000, New York, New York 10005.

         "DTC" has the meaning specified in Section 2.12 hereof.

         "DEFAULT DAY" has the meaning specified in Section 3.2(b) hereof.

         "DISQUALIFIED STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital
Stock of such Person which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by the terms
of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or
exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise, (i) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise
(other than Capital Stock which is

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redeemable solely in exchange for Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock
or the maturity price or redemption price of which may, at the option of such
Person, be paid in Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock), (ii) is
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Indebtedness or Disqualified
Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in
part (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for
Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock or the redemption price of which
may, at the option of such Person, be paid in Capital Stock which is not
Disqualified Stock), in each case on or prior to the Stated Maturity of the
Notes.

         "EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS" for any period means net income excluding
gains and losses on sales of investments, extraordinary items and property
valuation losses, net as reflected in the financial statements of the Operating
Partnership and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP (except that for purposes hereof, each Subsidiary
of the Operating Partnership shall be treated as if such Subsidiary were a
subsidiary under GAAP).

         "ENCUMBRANCE" means any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security
interest of any kind; provided, however, that the term "Encumbrance" shall not
include any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest securing any
indebtedness or any other obligation which has been defeased (whether a covenant
defeasance or otherwise) pursuant to the terms of such indebtedness or other
obligation or the terms of any instrument creating or evidencing it.

         "EUROCLEAR" means the Euroclear System, its successors and assigns.

         "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission.

         "EXCHANGE CERTIFICATED NOTE" means a note in definitive, fully
registered form, without coupons, substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit
E hereto.

         "EXCHANGE GLOBAL NOTE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(c).

         "EXCHANGE NOTES" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.

         "EXCHANGE OFFER" means the offer by the Operating Partnership to
exchange all of the Initial Notes for Exchange Notes.

         "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning specified in
Section 3.1 hereof.

         "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as used in the
United States applied on a consistent basis as in effect from time to time;
provided, that solely for purposes of any calculation required by the financial
covenants contained herein, "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles as used in the United States on the date hereof, applied on a
consistent basis.

         "GLOBAL NOTE" means the Initial Global Note and the Exchange Global
Note.

         "HOLDERS" has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a) hereof.

         "INDEBTEDNESS" of the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries
means any indebtedness of the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) (a) borrowed money or evidenced by
bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments whether or not such indebtedness
is secured by any Encumbrance existing on property owned by the Operating
Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries (b) indebtedness for borrowed money of a
Person other than the Operating Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Operating
Partnership which is secured by any Encumbrance existing on property owned by
the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent of the
lesser of (x) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (y) the fair market
value of the property subject to such Encumbrance, (c) the reimbursement
obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit
actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade

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payable, (d) the principal amount of all obligations of the Operating
Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to redemption, repayment or
other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock, (e) any lease of property by the
Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on
the Operating Partnership's consolidated balance sheet determined in accordance
with GAAP (except that for the purposes hereof, each Subsidiary of the Operating
Partnership shall be treated as if such Subsidiary were a subsidiary under GAAP)
as a capitalized lease, or (f) interest rate swaps, caps or similar agreements
and foreign exchange contracts, currency swaps or similar agreements, and (ii)
the liquidation preference on any issued and outstanding preferred equity
interests of Securities, L.P., to the extent, in the case of items of
indebtedness under (i) (a) through (c) above, that any such items (other than
letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the Operating Partnership's
consolidated balance sheet determined in accordance with GAAP (except that for
the purposes hereof, each Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership shall be
treated as if such Subsidiary were a subsidiary under GAAP), and also includes,
to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Operating
Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor,
guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary
course of business), Indebtedness of another Person (other than the Operating
Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries) (it being understood that Indebtedness
shall be deemed to be incurred by the Operating Partnership or any of its
Subsidiaries whenever the Operating Partnership or such Subsidiary shall create,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof); provided,
however, that the term "Indebtedness" shall not include any indebtedness or any
other obligation that has been defeased (whether a covenant defeasance or
otherwise) pursuant to the terms of such indebtedness or other obligation or the
terms of any instrument creating or evidencing it.

         "INDENTURE" has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

         "INITIAL CERTIFICATED NOTES" has the meaning specified in Section
4.1(b).

         "INITIAL GLOBAL NOTE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(b).

         "INITIAL NOTES" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.

         "INITIAL PURCHASERS" means Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Chase Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Banc of America
Securities LLC and UBS Warburg LLC.

         "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.3
hereof.

         "MAKE-WHOLE AMOUNT" means, in connection with any optional redemption
or accelerated payment of any Note, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate
present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each
dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive
of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would
have been payable in respect of such dollar if such redemption or accelerated
payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis,
such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third
Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption or accelerated payment
is given) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would
have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made,
over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or
accelerated.

         "NON-U.S. PERSON" means a Person that is not a U.S. Person as defined
in Regulation S, and includes dealers or other professional fiduciaries in the
United States acting on a discretionary basis for foreign beneficial owners
(other than an estate or trust) in offshore transactions meeting the
requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S.

         "NOTES" means the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes.

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         "OPERATING PARTNERSHIP" has the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph hereof.

         "PURCHASE AGREEMENT" means the Purchase Agreement dated March 12, 2001
between the Operating Partnership and the Initial Purchasers.

         "QIB" means a qualified institutional buyer, as defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act.

         "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated March 19, 2001, between the Operating Partnership and the
Initial Purchasers.

         "REGULATION S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

         "REGULAR RECORD DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.3 hereof.

         "REINVESTMENT RATE" means .25% (twenty-five one hundredths of one
percent) plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the respective headings
"This Week" and "Last Week" published in the Statistical Release under the
caption "Treasury Constant Maturities" for the maturity (rounded to the nearest
month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date
of the principal being redeemed or accelerated. If no published maturity exactly
corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most
closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated
or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of
such relevant periods to the nearest month. For such purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the
date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used. If the format or
content of the Statistical Release changes in a manner that precludes
determination of the Treasury Yield in the above manner, then the Treasury Yield
shall be determined in the manner that most closely approximates the above
manner, as reasonably determined by the Operating Partnership.

         "REQUIRED FILING DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.15
hereof.

         "RULE 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

         "SECURITIES" has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

         "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time.

         "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning specified in Section
3.1(c) hereof.

         "SPECIAL INTEREST PREMIUM" has the meaning specified in Section 3.2
hereof.

         "STATISTICAL RELEASE" means the statistical release designated
"H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the
Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United
States government securities adjusted to constant maturities or, if such
statistical release is not published at the time of any determination of the
Make-Whole Amount, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be
designated by the Operating Partnership.

         "SUBSIDIARY" means, (i) with respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership or other entity of which a majority of (a) the voting power of the
voting equity securities or (b) the outstanding equity interests of which are
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and (ii) with respect to the
Operating Partnership, First Industrial Securities, L.P., so long as the
Operating Partnership owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the
outstanding non-preference equity interests thereof. For the purposes of this
definition, "voting equity securities" means equity securities having voting
power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of security has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

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         "SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE" has the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph hereof.

         "TOTAL ASSETS" as of any date means the sum of (i) the Undepreciated
Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Operating Partnership and
its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP (except that for the
purposes hereof, each Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership shall be treated
as if such Subsidiary were a subsidiary under GAAP), but excluding accounts
receivable and intangibles; provided, however, that the term "Total Assets"
shall not include any assets which have been deposited in trust to defease any
indebtedness or any other obligation (whether through a covenant defeasance or
otherwise) pursuant to the terms of such indebtedness or other obligation or the
terms of any instrument creating or evidencing it.

         "TOTAL UNENCUMBERED ASSETS" means the sum of (i) those Undepreciated
Real Estate Assets not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money and (ii) all
other assets of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries not subject to an
Encumbrance for borrowed money, determined in accordance with GAAP (except that
for the purposes hereof, each Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership shall be
treated as if such Subsidiary were a subsidiary under GAAP), but excluding
accounts receivable and intangibles; provided, however, that the term "Total
Unencumbered Assets" shall not include any assets which have been deposited in
trust to defease any indebtedness or any other obligation (whether through a
covenant defeasance or otherwise) pursuant to the terms of such indebtedness or
other obligation or the terms of any instrument creating or evidencing it.

         "TRUSTEE" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph
hereof.

         "UNDEPRECIATED REAL ESTATE ASSETS" as of any date means the cost
(original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the Operating
Partnership and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and
amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (except
for the purposes hereof, each Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership shall be
treated as if such Subsidiary were a subsidiary under GAAP).

         "UNSECURED INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness which is not secured by any
Encumbrance upon any of the properties of the Operating Partnership or any of
its Subsidiaries.

                                   ARTICLE II

                               THE SERIES OF NOTES

         Section 2.1. Title of the Notes. The Operating Partnership, pursuant to
the Indenture hereby creates a series of Securities designated the 7.375% Notes
due 2011 (the "Initial Notes") and a series of Securities designated the 7.375%
Notes due 2011 to be issued in exchange for the corresponding Initial Notes as
provided in this Supplemental Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement
(the "Exchange Notes"). The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes shall be
governed by all the terms and conditions of the Indenture as supplemented by
this Supplemental Indenture.

         Section 2.2. Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount. The aggregate
principal amount of the Notes shall initially be limited to $200,000,000 and the
aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes shall initially be $200,000,000
(but in no event in excess of the principal amount of the Initial Notes
(tendered in exchange therefor in an Exchange Offer). Except as provided in this
Section and in Section 306 of the Indenture, the Operating Partnership shall not
execute and the Trustee shall not authenticate or deliver Notes in excess of the
aggregate principal amounts.

         Nothing contained in this Section 2.2 or elsewhere in this Supplemental
Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution by the
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the Trustee of Notes under the circumstances contemplated by Sections 303, 304,
305, 306, 906, 1107 and 1305 of the Indenture.

         Section 2.3. Interest and Interest Rates; Maturity Date of Notes. The
Notes will bear interest at a rate of 7.375% per annum from March 19, 2001 or
from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each
year, commencing September 15, 2001 (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), and, if
not otherwise an Interest Payment Date, at the Stated Maturity, to the Persons
in whose name the applicable Notes are registered in the Security Register at
the close of business on the preceding March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, (each, a "Regular Record Date"). Interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months. The interest so payable on any Note which is not punctually paid or duly
provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the relevant Regular Record
Date, and such defaulted interest shall instead be payable to the Person in
whose name such Note is registered on the Special Record Date or other specified
date determined in accordance with the Indenture.

         If an Initial Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer prior to the
Regular Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange,
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Note, up to but not including the
date of issuance of the Exchange Note(s) issued in exchange for such Initial
Note, shall be paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Exchange Note(s)
to the Holder or Holders of such Exchange Note(s) on the first Regular Record
Date with respect to such Exchange Note(s). If such Initial Note is exchanged in
an Exchange Offer subsequent to the Regular Record Date for the first Interest
Payment Date following such exchange but on or prior to such Interest Payment
Date, then any such accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such Initial
Note and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Exchange Note(s) issued in
exchange for such Initial Note, through the day before such Interest Payment
Date, shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Initial
Note on such Regular Record Date.

         If any Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity falls on a day that is
not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day
as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue
on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment
Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

         The Notes will mature, and the unpaid principal thereon plus all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be payable, on March 15, 2011.

         Section 2.4. Registration Rights. The Holders of the Initial Notes
shall be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement, as
described in Article III hereof.

         Section 2.5. Limitations on Incurrence of Indebtedness.

                  (a) The Operating Partnership will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Indebtedness, other than intercompany
Indebtedness (representing Indebtedness to which the only parties are the
Operating Partnership and any of its Subsidiaries (but only so long as such
Indebtedness is held solely by any of the Operating Partnership and any of its
Subsidiaries)), if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such
additional Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds thereof, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Operating
Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP (except that for purposes hereof, each Subsidiary of the
Operating Partnership shall be treated as if such Subsidiary were a subsidiary
under GAAP) is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (i) the
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Assets as of the end of the calendar quarter covered in the Operating
Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as
the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is
not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence
of such additional Indebtedness and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate
assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities
offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire
real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Indebtedness), by
the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such
calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the
incurrence of such additional Indebtedness.

                  (b) The Operating Partnership will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, incur Indebtedness secured by any Encumbrance upon
any of the property of the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries if,
immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional
Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Operating Partnership
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP
(except that for the purposes hereof, each Subsidiary of the Operating
Partnership shall be treated as if such Subsidiary were a subsidiary under GAAP)
which is secured by any Encumbrance on property of the Operating Partnership or
any of its Subsidiaries is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication)
(i) the Total Assets as of the end of the calendar quarter covered in the
Operating Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such
filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the
incurrence of such additional Indebtedness and (ii) the purchase price of any
real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any
securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds were not
used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce
Indebtedness), by the Operating Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries since the
end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection
with the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness.

                  (c) The Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries may not at
any time own Total Unencumbered Assets equal to less than 150% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Indebtedness of the Operating
Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP (except that for the purposes hereof, each Subsidiary of
the Operating Partnership shall be treated as if such Subsidiary were a
subsidiary under GAAP).

                  (d) The Operating Partnership will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Indebtedness if the ratio of Consolidated
Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Service Charge for the four
consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such
additional Indebtedness is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5:1, on a
pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Indebtedness
and any other Indebtedness incurred by the Operating Partnership and its
Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application
of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Indebtedness, had
occurred at the beginning of such period; (ii) the repayment or retirement of
any other Indebtedness by the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries since
the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the
beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of
Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon
the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such period); (iii) in the
case of Acquired Indebtedness or Indebtedness incurred in connection with any
acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related
acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate
adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma
calculation; and (iv) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the
Operating Partnership or its Subsidiaries of

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any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period,
whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such
acquisition or disposition or any related repayment of Indebtedness had occurred
as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect
to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation.

                  (e) For purposes of this Section 2.5, Indebtedness shall be
deemed to be "incurred" by the Operating Partnership or a Subsidiary of the
Operating Partnership whenever the Operating Partnership or such Subsidiary
shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.

         Section 2.6. Optional Redemption. No Sinking fund shall be provided for
the Notes. The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Operating
Partnership, in whole or in part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof), at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of
the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date
and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, with respect to such Notes.

         If notice of redemption has been given as provided in the Indenture and
funds for the redemption of any Notes called for redemption shall have been made
available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such Notes will
cease to bear interest on the Redemption Date and the only right of the Holders
of the Notes from and after the Redemption Date will be to receive payment of
the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Notes in accordance with such
notice.

         Section 2.7. Special Interest Premium. If the Operating Partnership
fails to comply with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement,
then a Special Interest Premium shall become payable in respect of the Notes as
provided in Article III hereof.

         Section 2.8. Places of Payment. The Places of Payment where the Notes
may be presented or surrendered for payment, where the Notes may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to and
upon the Operating Partnership in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be
served shall be in (i) the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York,
and the office or agency for such purpose shall initially be located at U.S.
Bank Trust National Association, 100 Wall Street, Suite 2000, New York, New York
10005 and (ii) the City of Chicago, Illinois and the office or agency for such
purpose shall initially be located at U.S. Bank National Association, 111 East
Wacker Drive, Suite 3000, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

         Section 2.9. Method of Payment. Payment of the principal of and
interest on the Notes not represented by a Global Security will be made at the
Corporate Trust Office maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,
the City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Operating
Partnership, payments of interest on the Notes may be made (i) by check mailed
to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in
the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the
Person entitled thereto located within the United States.

         Section 2.10. Currency. Principal and interest on the Notes shall be
payable in United States Dollars or in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts.

         Section 2.11. Registration and Form. The Notes shall be issuable as
Registered Securities as provided in Section 2.12 of this Supplemental
Indenture. Initial Notes shall be issued and may be

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transferred only in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. Exchange Notes shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All
payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes will be made by the
Operating Partnership in immediately available funds.

         Section 2.12. Form of Notes.

                  (a) The Initial Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit A or B
hereto, as applicable, and the Exchange Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit C
or D hereto, as applicable.

                  (b) Initial Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule
144A as provided in the Purchase Agreement shall be issued in book-entry form
and will be represented by a single, permanent global note in fully registered
form, without coupons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A and
shall bear the legends set forth in Section 5.1(a) and (b) (each such Note, an
"Initial Restricted Global Note"). Upon issuance, each Initial Restricted Global
Note shall be registered in the name of "Cede & Co.," as nominee of The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), duly executed by the Operating Partnership and
authenticated by the Trustee and deposited with or on behalf of DTC. Initial
Notes offered and sold to Non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S as
provided in the Purchase Agreement shall be issued in book-entry form and will
be represented by a single, permanent global note in definitive, fully
registered form, without coupons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
B and shall bear the legends set forth in Section 5.1(a) and (b) (each such
Note, an "Initial Regulation S Global Note," and together with the Initial
Restricted Global Note," the "Initial Global Notes"). Upon issuance, the Initial
Regulation S Global Note shall be registered in the name of "Cede & Co.," as
nominee for DTC, duly executed by the Operating Partnership and authenticated by
the Trustee and deposited with or on behalf of DTC for the accounts of Euroclear
or Clearstream Banking. Interests in the Initial Regulation S Global Note may
only be held through Euroclear or Clearstream Banking.

                  (c) In the event all or a portion of the Initial Notes are
tendered in an Exchange Offer, such Notes or the portions thereof being
exchanged shall be exchanged for a single, permanent global note in definitive,
fully registered form, without coupons, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit C hereto (the "Exchange Global Notes") and shall bear the legends set
forth in Section 5.1(c) hereof. Upon issuance, each Exchange Global Note shall
be registered in the name of "Cede & Co.," as nominee of DTC, duly executed by
the Operating Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee and deposited with or
on behalf of DTC. Except as provided in Section 4.1(b), Exchange Certificated
Notes shall not be issued and the Operating Partnership waives any discretionary
right it may otherwise have to cause the Notes to be issued in certificated
form.

         Section 2.13. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Trustee shall initially
serve as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.

         Section 2.14. Defeasance. The provisions of Sections 1402 and 1403 of
the Indenture, together with the other provisions of Article Fourteen of the
Indenture, shall be applicable to the Notes. The provisions of Section 1403 of
the Indenture shall apply to the covenants set forth in Sections 2.5 and 2.15 of
this Supplemental Indenture and to those covenants specified in Section 1403 of
the Indenture.

         Section 2.15. Provision of Financial Information. Whether or not the
Operating Partnership is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the
Operating Partnership will, to the extent permitted under the Exchange Act, file
with the Commission the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents
which the Operating Partnership would have been required to file with the
Commission pursuant to such Section 13 or 15(d) if the Operating Partnership
were so subject, such documents to be

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filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates (the "Required
Filing Dates") by which the Operating Partnership would have been required so to
file such documents if the Operating Partnership were so subject.

         The Operating Partnership will also in any event (x) within 15 days of
each Required Filing Date if the Operating Partnership is not then subject to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (i) transmit by mail to all Holders, as
their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, without cost to such
Holders, copies of the annual reports and quarterly reports which the Operating
Partnership would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Operating Partnership were
subject to such Sections, and (ii) file with the Trustee copies of annual
reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Operating Partnership
would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Operating Partnership were subject to such
Sections and (y) if filing such documents by the Operating Partnership with the
Commission is not permitted under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written
request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply
copies of such documents to any prospective Holder.

         Section 2.16. Waiver of Certain Covenants. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 1009 of the Indenture, the Operating Partnership may omit
in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set
forth in Sections 1004 to 1008, inclusive, of the Indenture, with Sections 2.5
and 2.15 of this Supplemental Indenture and with any other term, provision or
condition with respect to the Notes (except any such term, provision or
condition which could not be amended without the consent of all Holders of the
Notes, as applicable), if before or after the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all outstanding Notes, as
applicable, by act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition. Except
to the extent so expressly waived, and until such waiver shall become effective,
the obligations of the Operating Partnership and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.

         Section 2.17. Other Terms and Conditions. The Notes shall have such
other terms and conditions as provided in the forms thereof attached as Exhibits
A, B, C and D hereto.

         Section 2.18. Further Issues. The Operating Partnership may, from time
to time, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue further securities
having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects, except for
issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest thereon. Additional
Notes issued in this manner will be consolidated with and will form a single
series with the previously outstanding Notes. Notice of any such issuance will
be given to the Trustee and a new supplemental indenture will be executed in
connection with the issuance of such securities.

                                  ARTICLE III

                               REGISTRATION RIGHTS

         Section 3.1. Registration Rights Agreement.

                  (a) The Operating Partnership will enter into the Registration
Rights Agreement with the Initial Purchasers for the benefit of the holders of
the Initial Notes ("Holders") wherein the Operating Partnership will agree, for
the benefit of the Holders, to use its reasonable best efforts (i) to file with
the Commission within 90 calendar days after the date on which the Operating
Partnership delivers the Notes to the Initial Purchasers (the "Closing Date") a
registration statement (the "Exchange Offer Registration

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Statement") with respect to the Exchange Notes and (ii) to cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act
within 135 calendar days after the Closing Date. Promptly after the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective, the Operating
Partnership will offer to Holders the opportunity to exchange all their Initial
Notes of a series for Exchange Notes of the same series pursuant to the Exchange
Offer. The Operating Partnership will keep the Exchange Offer open for not less
than 30 calendar days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date
notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders but will, in any event,
use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be consummated
within 180 days of the Closing Date. For each Note validly tendered to the
Operating Partnership pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the Holder of such Note
will receive an Exchange Note of the same series having a principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the tendered Note.

                  (b) Each Holder (other than certain specified Holders) wishing
to exchange the Initial Notes for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer will be
required to represent that (i) it is not an affiliate of the Operating
Partnership (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), (ii) it
is not a broker-dealer tendering Initial Notes acquired directly from the
Operating Partnership for its own account, (iii) the Exchange Notes to be
received by it were acquired in the ordinary course of its business and (iv) at
the time of the Exchange Offer, it has no arrangement with any Person to
participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of
the Exchange Notes.

                  (c) The Registration Rights Agreement also will provide that
if, (i) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing interpretations
of the staff of the Commission, the Operating Partnership is not permitted to
effect the Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 180
days of the Closing Date, or (iii) in the case of any Holder that participates
in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the date
of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal
securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an
affiliate of the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the Securities Act
or as a broker-dealer), then in each case, the Operating Partnership will (x)
promptly deliver to the Holders written notice thereof and (y) at the Operating
Partnership's sole expense (a) as promptly as practicable (but in no event more
than 60 days after so required or requested pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement), file a shelf registration statement with the Commission covering
resales of the Notes (the "Shelf Registration Statement"), (b) use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act and (c) use its reasonable best efforts to
keep effective the Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of two years
(or, if Rule 144(k) is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period, the end
of such shorter period) after the Closing Date or such time as all of the
applicable Notes have been sold thereunder. The Operating Partnership will, if a
Shelf Registration Statement is filed, provide to each Holder of the Notes
copies of the prospectus that is a part of the Shelf Registration Statement,
notify each such Holder when the Shelf Registration Statement for the Notes has
become effective and take certain other actions as are required to permit
unrestricted resales of the Notes. A Holder that sells Notes pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement will be required to be named as a selling security
holder in the related prospectus, to provide information related thereto and to
deliver such prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to certain of the civil
liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with such sales and
will be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement that are
applicable to such a Holder (including certain indemnification rights and
obligations).

         Section 3.2. Special Interest Premium. If the Operating Partnership
fails to comply with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, in
each case as described below, then a special interest premium (the "Special
Interest Premium") shall become payable in respect of the Notes as follows:

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                  (a) If (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
filed with the Commission on or prior to the 90th day following the Closing
Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective
on or prior to the 135th day following the Closing Date or (iii) the Exchange
Offer is not consummated or the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared
effective on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, the Special
Interest Premium shall accrue from and including the next day following each of
(a) such 90-day period in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 135-day period
in the case of clause (ii) above and (c) such 180-day period in the case of
clause (iii) above, in each case at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum. The
aggregate amount of the Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above
provisions will in no event exceed 0.50% per annum. If the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 135th day
following the Closing Date and the Operating Partnership shall request Holders
of Notes to provide the information called for by the Registration Rights
Agreement for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Notes owned by
Holders who do not deliver such information to the Operating Partnership when
required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement will not be entitled to
any such increase in the interest rate for any day after the 180th day following
the Closing Date. Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement after the 90-day period described in clause (i), (2) the effectiveness
of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 135-day period described
in clause (ii) above or (3) the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the
effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, after the
180-day period described in clause (iii) above, the interest rate on each series
of Notes from the date of such effectiveness or consummation, as the case may
be, will be reduced to the original interest rate provided for herein for such
series of Notes.

                  (b) If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective,
and if the Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for the period required by
the Registration Rights Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to
pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar
events, or because the prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and such
failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any
12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the "Default Day"), then from
the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that the Shelf Registration
Statement is again deemed effective or is useable, (ii) the date that is the
second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) is amended to provide
a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) or (iii) the date
as of which all of the Notes are sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.50%
per annum.

         Section 3.3. Legend. Each Note will contain a legend to the effect that
the Holder thereof, by its acceptance thereof, will be deemed to have agreed to
be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                              TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

         Section 4.1. Transfer and Exchange.

                  (a) By its acceptance of any Initial Note represented by a
certificate bearing the legend set forth in Section 5.1(a) hereof (the "Private
Placement Legend"), each Holder of, and beneficial bearer of an interest in,
such Initial Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Initial Note
and agrees that it will transfer such Initial Note only in accordance with such
restrictions. Each purchaser (other than the Initial Purchasers) of the Notes
and each Person to whom the Notes are transferred shall,

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prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date (as defined in the Private
Placement Legend), be deemed to have acknowledged, represented and agreed to the
matters and restrictions on transfer described under the heading "Notice to
Investors" in the Offering Memorandum of the Operating Partnership, dated March
12, 2001, relating to the Initial Notes. Upon the registration of transfer,
exchange or replacement of an Initial Note not bearing the Private Placement
Legend, the Trustee shall deliver an Initial Note or Initial Notes that do not
bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange
or replacement of an Initial Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, the
Trustee shall deliver an Initial Note or Initial Notes bearing the Private
Placement Legend, unless such legend may be removed from such Note as provided
in this Section 4.1(a). If the Private Placement Legend has been removed from an
Initial Note, as provided herein, no other Initial Note issued in exchange for
all or any part of such Initial Note shall bear such legend, unless the
Operating Partnership has reasonable cause to believe that such other Initial
Note represents a "restricted security" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and instructs the Trustee in writing to cause a legend to appear
thereon. Each Initial Note shall bear the Private Placement Legend unless and
until:

                  (i) a transfer of such Initial Note is made pursuant to an
                  effective Shelf Registration Statement, in which case the
                  Private Placement Legend shall be removed from such Initial
                  Note so transferred at the request of the Holder; or

                  (ii) there is delivered to the Company such satisfactory
                  evidence, which may include an opinion of independent counsel
                  licensed to practice law in the State of New York, as may
                  reasonably be requested by the Operating Partnership
                  confirming that neither such legend nor the restrictions on
                  transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that
                  transfers of such Initial Note will not violate the
                  registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
                  Securities Act; provided that the Trustee shall not be
                  required to determine (but may rely on a determination made by
                  the Operating Partnership with respect to) the sufficiency of
                  any such evidence; and upon written direction of the Operating
                  Partnership, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
                  exchange for such Initial Note, an Initial Note or Initial
                  Notes representing the same aggregate principal amount of the
                  Initial Note being exchanged) without such legend.

                  (b) The Initial Global Note or Exchange Global Note, as the
case may be, shall be exchanged by the Company for one or more of the Initial
Notes issued in definitive, fully registered certificated form, without coupons,
that bear the legends set forth in Section 5.1(a) hereof (the "Initial
Certificated Notes") or Exchange Certificated Notes, as applicable, if (a) DTC
(i) has notified the Operating Partnership that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as, or ceases to be, a clearing agency registered under Section 17A of
the Exchange Act and (ii) a successor to DTC registered as a clearing agency
under Section 17A of the Exchange Act is not able to be appointed by the
Operating Partnership within 90 calendar days or (b) DTC is at any time
unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and a successor to DTC is not able
to be appointed by the Operating Partnership within 90 calendar days. If an
Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the
Operating Partnership shall, at the request of the Trustee or the Holder
thereof, exchange all or part of the Initial Global Note or Exchange Global
Note, as the case may be, for one or more Initial Certificated Notes or Exchange
Certificated Notes, as applicable. Whenever a Global Note is exchanged for one
or more Initial Certificated Notes or Exchange Certificated Notes, as the case
may be, it shall be surrendered by the Holder thereof to the Trustee and
cancelled by the Trustee. All Initial Certificated Notes or Exchange
Certificated Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note or a portion thereof
shall be registered in such names, and delivered, as DTC shall instruct the
Trustee. Any Initial Certificated Notes issued pursuant to this Section 4.1(b)
shall include the Private Placement Legend, except as set forth in Section
4.1(a) hereof.

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                  (c) Any Initial Notes that are presented to the Trustee for
exchange pursuant to an Exchange Offer shall be exchanged for Exchange Notes of
equal principal amount upon surrender to the Trustee in accordance with the
terms of the Exchange Offer. Whenever any Initial Notes are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the surrendering Holder thereof, Exchange Notes in the same aggregate
principal amount as the Initial Notes so surrendered.

                  (d) Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such
Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note
may be effected only through a book-entry maintained by such Holder (or its
agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Notes represented
thereby shall be required to be reflected in book-entry form. Transfers of a
Global Note shall be limited to transfers in whole and not in part, to DTC, its
successors and their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a
Global Note shall be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of
DTC (or its successors).

                                   ARTICLE V

                                     LEGENDS

         Section 5.1. Legends. The following legends shall appear on each
Initial Note and each Exchange Note.

                  (a) Except as provided in Section 4.1(a) hereof, each Initial
Note shall bear the following legends on the face thereof:

         THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
         AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR
         OTHER JURISDICTION, NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE
         REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR
         OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS
         SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION. THIS
         NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM
         DENOMINATIONS OF $1,000 AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS
         THEREOF.

         THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL
         OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE
         RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE
         ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE
         OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WAS
         THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH NOTE), ONLY (A) TO
         THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR BY,
         THROUGH OR IN A TRANSACTION APPROVED BY, AN INITIAL PURCHASER, (B)
         PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE
         UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
         RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
         "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
         A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE

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         TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS
         AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTION THAT
         IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AND WAS NOT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT
         OF A U.S. PERSON) WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
         REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE
         FOREGOING CASES, TO A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON
         THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE BEING COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE
         TRANSFEROR AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE TRANSFEREE TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS
         LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE
         RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

         THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY
         THE PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL
         NOTES OF THE SERIES.

                  (b) In addition to the legends set forth in Section 4.1(a),
each Initial Global Note shall also bear the following legends on the face
thereof:

         UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
         THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
         ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT
         AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
         IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
         DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
         REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE,
         OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
         WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
         INTEREST HEREIN.

         UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
         NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
         EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF
         TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
         SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         Section 6.1. Ratification of Indenture. Except as expressly modified or
amended hereby, the Indenture continues in full force and effect and is in all
respects confirmed and preserved.

         Section 6.2. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture and each Note
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York. This Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.

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         Section 6.3. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be
an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.

                                       FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                                       First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.,
                                       its general partner

                                       By:   /s/ Michael J. Havala
                                             Name: Michael J. Havala
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer

                                       U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                       as Trustee

                                       By:   /s/ Lorianne Rosenberg
                                             Name: Lorianne Rosenberg
                                             Title: Assistant Vice President

                                       By:   /s/ Julie Eddington
                                             Name: Julie Eddington
                                             Title: Assistant Vice President
<PAGE>   20
                                             EXHIBIT A TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION. THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY
IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $1,000 AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS
THEREOF.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OTHERWISE
TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE") WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE
AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH
NOTE), ONLY (A) TO THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR
BY, THROUGH OR IN A TRANSACTION APPROVED BY, AN INITIAL PURCHASER, (B) PURSUANT
TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS
OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT
TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTION THAT
IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AND WAS NOT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A
U.S. PERSON), OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE
FOREGOING CASES, TO A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS NOTE BEING COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR AND, IF
APPLICABLE, THE TRANSFEREE TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE
REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE
PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL NOTES OF THE
SERIES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY

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OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN
CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY
DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF
DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF
DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A
NOMINEE OF DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE.

Registered No. [ ]                                             PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.: [  ]                                                $[ ],000,000

                                 GLOBAL SECURITY
                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                              7.375% NOTE DUE 2011

FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P., a limited partnership duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the "Operating
Partnership" which term shall include any successor entity under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &
CO., or its registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of [ ]
DOLLARS on March 15, 2011 and to pay interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereon from March 19, 2001, or from the immediately preceding Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually
in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15,
2001, at the rate of 7.375% per annum, until the entire principal hereof is paid
or made available for payment. The interest so payable and punctually paid or
duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall
be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Securities not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. All
payments of principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest in
respect of this Global Security will be made by the Operating Partnership in
immediately available funds.

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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P. has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: March 19, 2001

                                         FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                                         First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.,
                                         its general Partner

                                     By:
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

[Seal]

Attest:

-------------------------------
Secretary
<PAGE>   24
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.

                                              U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
                                              ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

                                          By:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Authorized Signatory
<PAGE>   25
                               REVERSE OF SECURITY

         Securities of this series are one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Operating Partnership (herein called the "Securities"), issued
and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 13,
1997, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 6 thereto, dated as of March
19, 2001 (as so supplemented, herein called the "Indenture"), between the
Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (herein called
the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are authenticated
and delivered and for definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not
otherwise defined. This Security is one of the series designated in the first
page thereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000.

         In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole
Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

         Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time at the option of
the Operating Partnership, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to
the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus
accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount,
if any, with respect to such Securities.

         Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Securities,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as
provided in the Indenture.

         In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

         If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer prior to the Record Date
for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange, accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on this Note, up to but not including the date of issuance of
the Note(s) issued in exchange (the "Exchange Note") for this Note, shall be
paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Exchange Note(s) to the Holder
or Holders of such Exchange Note(s) on the first Record Date with respect to
such Exchange Note(s). If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer subsequent
to the Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange
but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, then any such accrued and unpaid
interest with respect to this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest on the
Exchange Note(s) issued in exchange for this Note, through the day before such
Interest Payment Date, shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder
of this Note on the Record Date.

         The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration
Rights Agreement dated March 19, 2001 (the "Registration Rights Agreement")
among the Operating Partnership and Chase Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers").

         If the Operating Partnership fails to comply with certain provisions of
the Registration Rights Agreement, in each case as described below, then a
special interest premium (the "Special Interest Premium") shall become payable
in respect of the Notes as follows:

         If (i) a registration statement with respect to the Exchange Notes (the
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement") is not filed with the Commission on or
prior to the 90th day following the Closing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the

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135th day following the Closing Date or (iii) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated or the shelf registration statement covering resales of the Notes
(the "Shelf Registration Statement") is not declared effective on or prior to
the 180th day following the Closing Date, the Special Interest Premium shall
accrue from and including the next day following each of (a) such 90-day period
in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 135-day period in the case of clause
(ii) above and (c) such 180-day period in the cause of clause (iii) above, in
each case at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum. The aggregate amount of the
Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above provisions will in no
event exceed 0.50% per annum. If the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is
not declared effective on or prior to the 135th day following the Closing Date
and the Operating Partnership shall request the Holder of this Note to provide
the information called for by the Registration Rights Agreement for inclusion in
the Shelf Registration Statement and the Holder of this Note does not deliver
such information to the Operating Partnership when required pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, then the Holder of this Note will not be entitled
to any such increase in the interest rate for any day after the 180th day
following the Closing Date. Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer
Registration statement after the 90-day period described in clause (i), (2) the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 135-day
period described in clause (ii) above or (3) the consummation of the Exchange
Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may
be, after the 180-day period described in clause (iii) above, the interest rate
on this Note from the date of such effectiveness or consummation, as the case
may be, will be reduced to the original interest rate provided for herein.

         If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, and if the
Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for the period required by
the Registration Rights Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to
pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar
events, or because the prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and such
failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any
12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the "Default Day"), then from
the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that is the second anniversary
of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act is amended to
provide a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) or (ii)
the date as of which this Note is sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.50%
per annum.

         The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the
entire indebtedness of the Operating Partnership on this Security and (b)
certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default
applicable to the Operating Partnership, in each case, upon compliance by the
Operating Partnership with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which
provisions apply to this Security.

         If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and
be continuing, the principal amount of the Securities may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

         As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent

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<PAGE>   27
with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for
60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security
for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any interest on or
after the respective due dates expressed herein.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Operating Partnership and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Operating
Partnership and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of
Securities then Outstanding affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Operating
Partnership with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Operating
Partnership, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Operating Partnership in any Place of Payment where the
principal of (and Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Operating Partnership and the Security Registrar duly
executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

         The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Operating Partnership may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and any agent of the Operating
Partnership or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Operating Partnership, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest in respect of this Security, or for
any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in
respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any
past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer, director, incorporator,
limited or general partner, as such, of the

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<PAGE>   28
Operating Partnership or the General Partner or of any successor, either
directly or through the Operating Partnership or the General Partner or any
successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue
hereof, expressly waived and released.

         All capitalized terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

         Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Operating Partnership has caused "CUSIP"
numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the
Holders of such Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

                                      A-9
<PAGE>   29
                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

[           ]___________________________________________________________________
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address including Zip Code of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________
the within Security of First Industrial, L.P. and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer said Security on the books of First Industrial, L.P. with full power
of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears on the first page of the within Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

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<PAGE>   30
                                             EXHIBIT B TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION. THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY
IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $1,000 AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS
THEREOF.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OTHERWISE
TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE") WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE
AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH
NOTE), ONLY (A) TO THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR
BY, THROUGH OR IN A TRANSACTION APPROVED BY, AN INITIAL PURCHASER, (B) PURSUANT
TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS
OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT
TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTION THAT
IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AND WAS NOT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A
U.S. PERSON), OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE
FOREGOING CASES, TO A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS NOTE BEING COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR AND, IF
APPLICABLE, THE TRANSFEREE TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE
REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE
PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL NOTES OF THE
SERIES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY

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OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN
CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY
DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF
DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF
DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A
NOMINEE OF DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE.

Registered No. [  ]                                             PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.: [  ]                                                 $[  ],000,000

                                 GLOBAL SECURITY
                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                              7.375% NOTE DUE 2011

FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P., a limited partnership duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the "Operating
Partnership" which term shall include any successor entity under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &
CO., or its registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of [ ]
DOLLARS on March 15, 2011 and to pay interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereon from March 19, 2001, or from the immediately preceding Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually
in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15,
2001, at the rate of 7.375% per annum, until the entire principal hereof is paid
or made available for payment. The interest so payable and punctually paid or
duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall
be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Securities not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. All
payments of principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest in
respect of this Global Security will be made by the Operating Partnership in
immediately available funds.

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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P. has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:  March 19, 2001

                                     FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                                     First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.,
                                     its general Partner

                                 By:
                                     ----------------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

[Seal]

Attest:

--------------------------
Secretary
<PAGE>   34
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.

                                               U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
                                               ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

                                           By:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Authorized Signatory
<PAGE>   35
                               REVERSE OF SECURITY

         Securities of this series are one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Operating Partnership (herein called the "Securities"), issued
and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 13,
1997, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 6 thereto, dated as of March
19, 2001 (as so supplemented, herein called the "Indenture"), between the
Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (herein called
the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are authenticated
and delivered and for definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not
otherwise defined. This Security is one of the series designated in the first
page thereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000.

         In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole
Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

         Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time at the option of
the Operating Partnership, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to
the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus
accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount,
if any, with respect to such Securities.

         Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Securities,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as
provided in the Indenture.

         In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

         If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer prior to the Record Date
for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange, accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on this Note, up to but not including the date of issuance of
the Note(s) issued in exchange (the "Exchange Note") for this Note, shall be
paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Exchange Note(s) to the Holder
or Holders of such Exchange Note(s) on the first Record Date with respect to
such Exchange Note(s). If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer subsequent
to the Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange
but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, then any such accrued and unpaid
interest with respect to this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest on the
Exchange Note(s) issued in exchange for this Note, through the day before such
Interest Payment Date, shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder
of this Note on the Record Date.

         The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration
Rights Agreement dated March 19, 2001 (the "Registration Rights Agreement")
among the Operating Partnership and Chase Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers").

         If the Operating Partnership fails to comply with certain provisions of
the Registration Rights Agreement, in each case as described below, then a
special interest premium (the "Special Interest Premium") shall become payable
in respect of the Notes as follows:

         If (i) a registration statement with respect to the Exchange Notes (the
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement") is not filed with the Commission on or
prior to the 90th day following the Closing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the

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135th day following the Closing Date or (iii) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated or the shelf registration statement covering resales of the Notes
(the "Shelf Registration Statement") is not declared effective on or prior to
the 180th day following the Closing Date, the Special Interest Premium shall
accrue from and including the next day following each of (a) such 90-day period
in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 135-day period in the case of clause
(ii) above and (c) such 180-day period in the cause of clause (iii) above, in
each case at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum. The aggregate amount of the
Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above provisions will in no
event exceed 0.50% per annum. If the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is
not declared effective on or prior to the 135th day following the Closing Date
and the Operating Partnership shall request the Holder of this Note to provide
the information called for by the Registration Rights Agreement for inclusion in
the Shelf Registration Statement and the Holder of this Note does not deliver
such information to the Operating Partnership when required pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, then the Holder of this Note will not be entitled
to any such increase in the interest rate for any day after the 180th day
following the Closing Date. Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer
Registration statement after the 90-day period described in clause (i), (2) the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 135-day
period described in clause (ii) above or (3) the consummation of the Exchange
Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may
be, after the 180-day period described in clause (iii) above, the interest rate
on this Note from the date of such effectiveness or consummation, as the case
may be, will be reduced to the original interest rate provided for herein.

         If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, and if the
Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for the period required by
the Registration Rights Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to
pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar
events, or because the prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and such
failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any
12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the "Default Day"), then from
the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that is the second anniversary
of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act is amended to
provide a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) or (ii)
the date as of which this Note is sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.50%
per annum.

         The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the
entire indebtedness of the Operating Partnership on this Security and (b)
certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default
applicable to the Operating Partnership, in each case, upon compliance by the
Operating Partnership with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which
provisions apply to this Security.

         If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and
be continuing, the principal amount of the Securities may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

         As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent

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<PAGE>   37
with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for
60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security
for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any interest on or
after the respective due dates expressed herein.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Operating Partnership and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Operating
Partnership and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of
Securities then Outstanding affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Operating
Partnership with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Operating
Partnership, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Operating Partnership in any Place of Payment where the
principal of (and Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Operating Partnership and the Security Registrar duly
executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

         The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Operating Partnership may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and any agent of the Operating
Partnership or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Operating Partnership, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest in respect of this Security, or for
any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in
respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any
past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer, director, incorporator,
limited or general partner, as such, of the

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Operating Partnership or the General Partner or of any successor, either
directly or through the Operating Partnership or the General Partner or any
successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue
hereof, expressly waived and released.

         All capitalized terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

         Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Operating Partnership has caused "CUSIP"
numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the
Holders of such Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

                                      B-9
<PAGE>   39
                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

[        ]______________________________________________________________________
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address including Zip Code of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________
the within Security of First Industrial, L.P. and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer said Security on the books of First Industrial, L.P. with full power
of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears on the first page of the within Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

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<PAGE>   40
                                             EXHIBIT C TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS
AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN
CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY
DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF
DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF
DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A
NOMINEE OF DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE.

Registered No. [  ]                                             PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.: [  ]                                                 $[  ],000,000

                                 GLOBAL SECURITY
                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                              7.375% NOTE DUE 2011

FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P., a limited partnership duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the "Operating
Partnership" which term shall include any successor entity under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &
CO., or its registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of [     ]
DOLLARS on March 15, 2011 and to pay interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereon from March 19, 2001, or from the immediately preceding Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually
in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15,
2001, at the rate of 7.375% per annum, until the entire principal hereof is paid
or made available for payment. The interest so payable and punctually paid or
duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall
be the March 1 or September 1

                                      C-1
<PAGE>   41
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record
Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of the Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. All payments of
principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest in respect of this
Global Security will be made by the Operating Partnership in immediately
available funds.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose.

                                       C-2
<PAGE>   42
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P. has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: March 19, 2001

                                           FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                                           First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.,
                                           its general Partner

                                       By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

[Seal]

Attest:

------------------------------
Secretary
<PAGE>   43
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.

                                             U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
                                             ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

                                         By:
                                             ---------------------------------
                                             Authorized Signatory
<PAGE>   44
                               REVERSE OF SECURITY

         Securities of this series are one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Operating Partnership (herein called the "Securities"), issued
and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 13,
1997, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 6 thereto, dated as of March
19, 2001 (as so supplemented, herein called the "Indenture"), between the
Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (herein called
the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are authenticated
and delivered and for definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not
otherwise defined. This Security is one of the series designated in the first
page thereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000.

         In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole
Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

         Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time at the option of
the Operating Partnership, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to
the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus
accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount,
if any, with respect to such Securities.

         Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Securities,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as
provided in the Indenture.

         In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

         The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the
entire indebtedness of the Operating Partnership on this Security and (b)
certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default
applicable to the Operating Partnership, in each case, upon compliance by the
Operating Partnership with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which
provisions apply to this Security.

         If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and
be continuing, the principal amount of the Securities may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

         As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder

                                      C-5
<PAGE>   45
of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
interest on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Operating Partnership and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Operating
Partnership and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of
Securities then Outstanding affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Operating
Partnership with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Operating
Partnership, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Operating Partnership in any Place of Payment where the
principal of (and Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Operating Partnership and the Security Registrar duly
executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

         The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Operating Partnership may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and any agent of the Operating
Partnership or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Operating Partnership, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest in respect of this Security, or for
any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in
respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any
past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer, director, incorporator,
limited or general partner, as such, of the Operating Partnership or the General
Partner or of any successor, either directly or through the Operating
Partnership or the General Partner or any successor, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule

                                      C-6
<PAGE>   46
of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such
liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for
the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

         All capitalized terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

         Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Operating Partnership has caused "CUSIP"
numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the
Holders of such Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

                                      C-7
<PAGE>   47
                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

[            ]__________________________________________________________________
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address including Zip Code of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________
the within Security of First Industrial, L.P. and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer said Security on the books of First Industrial, L.P. with full power
of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears on the first page of the within Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

                                      C-8
<PAGE>   48
                                             EXHIBIT D TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Registered No. [  ]                                             PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.: [   ]                                                $[   ],000,000

                               DEFINITIVE SECURITY
                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                              7.375% NOTE DUE 2011

FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P., a limited partnership duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the "Operating
Partnership" which term shall include any successor entity under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &
CO., or its registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of [ ]
DOLLARS on March 15, 2011 and to pay interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereon from March 19, 2001, or from the immediately preceding Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually
in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15,
2001, at the rate of 7.375% per annum, until the entire principal hereof is paid
or made available for payment. The interest so payable and punctually paid or
duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall
be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Securities not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. All
payments of principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest in
respect of this Global Security will be made by the Operating Partnership in
immediately available funds.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose.

                                      D-1
<PAGE>   49
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P. has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:  March 19, 2001

                                         FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                                         First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.,
                                         its general Partner

                                     By:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

[Seal]

Attest:

-------------------------------
Secretary
<PAGE>   50
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.

                                            U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
                                            ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

                                        By:
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            Authorized Signatory
<PAGE>   51
                               REVERSE OF SECURITY

         Securities of this series are one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Operating Partnership (herein called the "Securities"), issued
and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 13,
1997, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 6 thereto, dated as of March
19, 2001 (as so supplemented, herein called the "Indenture"), between the
Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (herein called
the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are authenticated
and delivered and for definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not
otherwise defined. This Security is one of the series designated in the first
page thereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000.

         In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole
Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

         Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time at the option of
the Operating Partnership, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to
the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus
accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount,
if any, with respect to such Securities.

         Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Securities,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as
provided in the Indenture.

         In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

         The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the
entire indebtedness of the Operating Partnership on this Security and (b)
certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default
applicable to the Operating Partnership, in each case, upon compliance by the
Operating Partnership with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which
provisions apply to this Security.

         If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and
be continuing, the principal amount of the Securities may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

         As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder

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of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
interest on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Operating Partnership and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Operating
Partnership and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of
Securities then Outstanding affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Operating
Partnership with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Operating
Partnership, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Operating Partnership in any Place of Payment where the
principal of (and Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Operating Partnership and the Security Registrar duly
executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

         The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Operating Partnership may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Operating Partnership, the Trustee and any agent of the Operating
Partnership or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Operating Partnership, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest in respect of this Security, or for
any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in
respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any
past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer, director, incorporator,
limited or general partner, as such, of the Operating Partnership or the General
Partner or of any successor, either directly or through the Operating
Partnership or the General Partner or any successor, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule

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of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such
liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for
the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

         All capitalized terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

         Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Operating Partnership has caused "CUSIP"
numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the
Holders of such Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

[            ]__________________________________________________________________
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address including Zip Code of Assignee)

________________________________________________________________________________
the within Security of First Industrial, L.P. and hereby does irrevocably
constitute and appoint

_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer said Security on the books of First Industrial, L.P. with full power
of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears on the first page of the within Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I          RELATION TO INDENTURE: DEFINITIONS....................      1

    Section 1.1.      Relation to Indenture..............................      1

    Section 1.2.      Definitions........................................      1

ARTICLE II         THE SERIES OF NOTES...................................      6

    Section 2.1.      Title of the Notes.................................      6

    Section 2.2.      Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount...........      6

    Section 2.3.      Interest and Interest Rates; Maturity Date of Notes      7

    Section 2.4.      Registration Rights................................      7

    Section 2.5.      Limitations on Incurrence of Indebtedness..........      7

    Section 2.6.      Optional Redemption................................      9

    Section 2.7.      Special Interest Premium...........................      9

    Section 2.8.      Places of Payment..................................      9

    Section 2.9.      Method of Payment..................................      9

    Section 2.10.     Currency...........................................      9

    Section 2.11.     Registration and Form..............................      9

    Section 2.12.     Form of Notes......................................     10

    Section 2.13.     Registrar and Paying Agent.........................     10

    Section 2.14.     Defeasance.........................................     10

    Section 2.15.     Provision of Financial Information.................     10

    Section 2.16.     Waiver of Certain Covenants........................     11

    Section 2.17.     Other Terms and Conditions.........................     11

    Section 2.18.     Further Issues.....................................     11

ARTICLE III        REGISTRATION RIGHTS...................................     11

    Section 3.1.      Registration Rights Agreement......................     11

    Section 3.2.      Special Interest Premium...........................     12

    Section 3.3.      Legend.............................................     13

ARTICLE IV         TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.................................     13

    Section 4.1.      Transfer and Exchange..............................     13

    Section 5.1.      Legends............................................     15

ARTICLE VI         MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS..............................     16

    Section 6.1.      Ratification of Indenture..........................     16

    Section 6.2.      Governing Law......................................     16

    Section 6.3.      Counterparts.......................................     17
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.17

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of March 19, 2001 among First Industrial, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), and Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation ("CSFB"), Chase Securities Inc. ("Chase"), Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated, ("Merrill Lynch"), Salomon Smith Barney
Inc. ("SSB"), Banc of America Securities LLC ("Banc of America"), Banc One
Capital Markets, Inc. ("Banc One") and UBS Warburg LLC ("UBS") (CSFB, Chase,
Merrill Lynch, SSB, Banc of America, Banc One, and UBS being collectively
referred to as the "Initial Purchasers").

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated March
12, 2001, among the Operating Partnership and the Initial Purchasers (the
"Purchase Agreement"), which provides for the sale by the Operating Partnership
to the Initial Purchasers of an aggregate of $200,000,000 principal amount of
the Operating Partnership's 7.375% senior unsecured notes due 2011 (the
"Securities"). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement, the Operating Partnership has agreed to provide to the
Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration
rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a
condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

         In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.       Definitions.

         As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms
shall have the following meanings:

         "Closing Date" shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase
Agreement.

         "Depositary" shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any other
depositary appointed by the Operating Partnership, provided, however, that such
depositary must have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New
York.

         "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.

         "Exchange Offer" shall mean the exchange offer by the Operating
Partnership of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 2.1 hereof.

         "Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under the
Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.

         "Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange offer
registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate
form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement,
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
documents incorporated by reference therein.

         "Exchange Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1
hereof.

         "Exchange Securities" shall mean the 7.375% senior unsecured notes due
2011 issued by the Operating Partnership under the Indenture containing terms
identical to the Securities in all material respects (except for references to
certain interest rate provisions, restrictions on transfers and restrictive
legends), to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
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         "Holder" shall mean an Initial Purchaser, for so long as it owns any
Registrable Securities, and each of its successors, assigns and direct and
indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities
under the Indenture and each Participating Broker-Dealer that holds Exchange
Securities for so long as such Participating Broker-Dealer is required to
deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

         "Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities, dated
as of March 13, 1997, between the Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank Trust
National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture.

         "Initial Purchaser" or "Initial Purchasers" shall have the meaning set
forth in the preamble.

         "Inspector" or "Inspectors" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(q).

         "Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding (as defined in the Indenture)
Registrable Securities; provided, that whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required
hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Operating Partnership and other
obligors or any Affiliate (as defined in the Indenture) of the Operating
Partnership shall be disregarded in determining whether such consent or approval
was given by the Holders of such required percentage amount.

         "Operating Partnership" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble and shall also include the Operating Partnership's successors.

         "Participant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.

         "Participating Broker-Dealer" shall mean any of CSFB, Chase, Merrill
Lynch, SSB, Banc of America, Banc One and UBS and any other broker-dealer which
makes a market in the Securities and exchanges Registrable Securities in the
Exchange Offer for Exchange Securities.

         "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership (general or limited),
corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated organization, or
a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

         "Private Exchange" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1
hereof.

         "Private Exchange Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1 hereof.

         "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any such
prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion
of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by
all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference
therein.

         "Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

         "Records" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(q).

         "Registrable Securities" shall mean the Securities and, if issued, the
Private Exchange Securities; provided, however, the Securities and, if issued,
the Private Exchange Securities, shall cease to be Registrable Securities when
(i) a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities shall have been
declared effective under the Securities Act and such Securities shall have been
disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such Securities have
been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in
force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act, (iii) such Securities shall

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have ceased to be outstanding, or (iv) the Exchange Offer is consummated (except
in the case of Securities purchased from the Operating Partnership and continued
to be held by the Initial Purchasers).

         "Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Operating Partnership with this Agreement,
including without limitation: (i) all Commission, stock exchange or National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") registration and filing
fees, including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any "qualified
independent underwriter" (and its counsel) that is required to be retained by
any holder of Registrable Securities in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the NASD, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with
compliance with state securities or blue sky laws and compliance with the rules
of the NASD (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any
underwriters or Holders in connection with the blue sky qualification of any of
the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities and any filings with the
NASD), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing,
word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements,
securities sales agreements and other documents relating to the performance of
and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing, if any, of any of the Registrable Securities on any
securities exchange or exchanges, (v) all rating agency fees, (vi) the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Operating Partnership and of the independent
public accountants of the Operating Partnership, including the expenses of any
special audits or "cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such
performance and compliance, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, and any
escrow agent or custodian, (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of the
Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exchange Offer, including the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Initial Purchasers in connection
therewith, (ix) the reasonable fees and disbursements of any special counsel
representing the Holders of Registrable Securities, and (x) any fees and
disbursements of the underwriters customarily required to be paid by issuers or
sellers of securities and the fees and expenses of any special experts retained
by the Operating Partnership in connection with any Registration Statement, but
excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any,
relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

         "Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of the
Operating Partnership which covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and all amendments and
supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all
exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

         "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time.

         "Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2.2 hereof.

         "Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration
statement of the Operating Partnership pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2
of this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Securities or all of the
Private Exchange Securities on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the
Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, and
all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
therein.

         "Supplemental Indenture" shall mean Supplemental Indenture No. 6 to the
Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2001, between the Operating Partnership and the
Trustee.

         "TIA" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time
to time.

         "Trustee" shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under
the Indenture.

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         2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

                  2.1 Exchange Offer. The Operating Partnership shall, for the
benefit of the Holders, at the Operating Partnership's cost, (A) use its
reasonable best efforts to prepare and, as soon as practicable but not later
than 90 days after the Closing Date, file with the Commission an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act with
respect to a proposed Exchange Offer and the issuance and delivery to the
Holders, in exchange for the Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange
Securities), of a like principal amount of Exchange Securities, (B) use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
declared effective under the Securities Act within 135 days of the Closing Date,
(C) use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer, and (D) use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be consummated not later
than 180 days following the Closing Date. The Exchange Securities will be issued
under the Indenture. Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Operating Partnership shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer,
it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder eligible and
electing to exchange Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming
that such Holder (a) is not an affiliate of the Operating Partnership within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (b) is not a broker-dealer
tendering Registrable Securities acquired directly from the Operating
Partnership for its own account, (c) acquired the Exchange Securities in the
ordinary course of such Holder's business, or (d) has no arrangements or
understandings with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the
purpose of distributing the Exchange Securities) to transfer such Exchange
Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions
under the Securities Act and under state securities or blue sky laws.

         In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Operating Partnership shall:

         (a) mail as promptly as practicable to each Holder a copy of the
Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together
with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

         (b) keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for a period of not
less than 30 calendar days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the
Holders (or longer if required by applicable law) (such period referred to
herein as the "Exchange Period");

         (c) utilize the services of the Depositary for the Exchange Offer;

         (d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Securities at any
time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), on the last business day of the Exchange
Period, by sending to the institution specified in the notice, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder,
the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing such Holder's election to have such
Securities exchanged;

         (e) notify each Holder that any Registrable Security not tendered will
remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest, but will not retain any
rights under this Agreement (except in the case of the Initial Purchasers and
Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and

         (f) otherwise comply in all respects with all applicable laws relating
to the Exchange Offer.

         If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers
hold any Securities acquired by them and having the status of an unsold
allotment in the initial distribution, the Operating Partnership upon the
request of any Initial Purchaser shall, simultaneously with the delivery of the
Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to such Initial
Purchaser in exchange (the

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"Private Exchange") for the Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like
principal amount of debt securities of the Operating Partnership that are
identical (except that such securities shall bear appropriate transfer
restrictions) to the Exchange Securities (the "Private Exchange Securities").

         The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities shall be
issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material
respects to the Indenture and which, in either case, has been qualified under
the TIA, or is exempt from such qualification and shall provide that the
Exchange Securities shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth
in the Indenture but that the Private Exchange Securities shall be subject to
such transfer restrictions. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that
the Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Securities
shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the
Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities or the Securities will have
the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. The Private
Exchange Securities shall be of the same series as and the Operating Partnership
shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Private Exchange
Securities bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities. The Operating
Partnership shall not have any liability under this Agreement solely as a result
of such Private Exchange Securities not bearing the same CUSIP number as the
Exchange Securities.

         As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and/or the
Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Operating Partnership shall:

                  (i) accept for exchange all Registrable Securities duly
tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the terms of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the letter of
transmittal which shall be an exhibit thereto;

                  (ii) accept for exchange all Securities properly tendered
pursuant to the Private Exchange;

                  (iii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable
Securities so accepted for exchange; and

                  (iv) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, to each
Holder of Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange in a principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities of such Holder so
accepted for exchange.

         Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security will
accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Registrable
Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on
the Registrable Securities, from the date of original issuance. The Exchange
Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be subject to any conditions, other
than (i) that the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, or the making of any
exchange by a Holder, does not violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the Commission, (ii) the due tendering of
Registrable Securities in accordance with the Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange, (iii) that each Holder of Registrable Securities exchanged in the
Exchange Offer shall have represented that all Exchange Securities to be
received by it shall be acquired in the ordinary course of its business and that
at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer it shall have no
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities and shall
have made such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under
applicable Commission rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of
Form S-4 or other appropriate form under the Securities Act available, and (iv)
that no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any
court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer
or the Private Exchange which, in the Operating Partnership's judgment, would
reasonably be expected to impair the

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ability of the Operating Partnership to proceed with the Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange. The Operating Partnership shall inform the Initial Purchasers
of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made,
and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders and
otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer.

                  2.2 Shelf Registration.

         (a) If, because of any changes in law, Commission rules or regulations
or applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the
Operating Partnership is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer as
contemplated by Section 2.1 hereof, (ii) if for any other reason the Exchange
Offer is not consummated within 180 days after the original issue of the
Registrable Securities, or (iii) if a Holder is not permitted to participate in
the Exchange Offer or does not receive fully tradeable Exchange Securities
pursuant to the Exchange Offer (other than due solely to the status of such
holder as an affiliate of the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the
Securities Act or as a broker dealer), then in case of each of clauses (i)
through (iii) the Operating Partnership shall (x) promptly deliver to the
holders written notice thereof and (y) at the Operating Partnership's sole
expense:

                  (i) As promptly as practicable, (but in no event more than 60
days after so required or requested pursuant to this Agreement) file with the
Commission, and thereafter shall use its best efforts to cause to be declared
effective as promptly as practicable but no later than 180 days after the
original issue of the Registrable Securities, a Shelf Registration Statement
relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders from
time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the
Majority Holders participating in the Shelf Registration and set forth in such
Shelf Registration Statement;

                  (ii) Use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective in order to permit the Prospectus forming part
thereof to be usable by Holders for a period of two years from the date the
Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, or for
such shorter period that will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered
by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding or otherwise to be Registrable
Securities (the "Effectiveness Period"); provided, however, that the
Effectiveness Period in respect of the Shelf Registration Statement shall be
extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable
prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as
otherwise provided herein; and

                  (iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, use its
best efforts to ensure that (i) any Shelf Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement
thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
(iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any
supplement to such Prospectus (as amended or supplemented from time to time),
does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

         (b) No Holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to include
any of its Registrable Securities in any Shelf Registration pursuant to this
Agreement unless and until such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of
the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder and furnishes to the
Operating Partnership in writing within 15 days after receipt of a request
therefor, such information as the Operating Partnership may, after conferring
with counsel, reasonably request for inclusion in any

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Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to
which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish to the
Operating Partnership all information with respect to such Holder necessary to
make the information previously furnished to the Operating Partnership by such
Holder not materially misleading.

         (c) The Operating Partnership shall not permit any securities other
than Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
The Operating Partnership further agrees, if necessary, to supplement or amend
the Shelf Registration Statement, as required by Section 3(b) below, and to
furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement
or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the Commission.

                  2.3 Expenses. The Operating Partnership shall pay all
Registration Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to Section
2.1 or 2.2. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and
transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

                  2.4 Effectiveness.

         (a) The Operating Partnership will be deemed not to have used its best
efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become, or to remain, effective
during the requisite period if the Operating Partnership voluntarily takes any
action that would, or omits to take any action which omission would, result in
any such Registration Statement not being declared effective or in the Holders
of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to exchange or offer
and sell such Registrable Securities during that period as and to the extent
contemplated hereby, unless such action is required by applicable law.

         (b) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1
hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof will not
be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the
Commission; provided, however, that if, after it has been declared effective,
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by
any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or
any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement will be
deemed not to have become effective during the period of such interference,
until the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration
Statement may legally resume.

                  2.5 Interest. The Indenture executed in connection with the
Securities will provide that if (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is
not filed with the Commission on or prior to the 90th day following the Closing
Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective
on or prior to the 135th day following the Closing Date or (iii) the Exchange
Offer is not consummated or the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared
effective on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, the Special
Interest Premium shall accrue from and including the next day following each of
(a) such 90 day period in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 135-day period
in the case of clause (ii) above and (c) such 180-day period in the case of
clause (iii) above, in each case at a rate equal to 0.5% per annum. The
aggregate amount of the Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above
provisions will in no event exceed 0.5% per annum. If the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 135th day
following the Closing Date and the Operating Partnership shall request holders
of Securities to provide the information called for by the Registration Rights
Agreement referred to herein for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement,
the Securities owned by holders who do not deliver such information to the
Operating Partnership when required pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement will not be entitled to any such increase in the interest rate for any
day after the 180th day following the Closing Date. Upon (1) the filing of the

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Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 90-day period described in
clause (i) above, (2) the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement after the 135-day period described in clause (ii) above or (3) the
consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration
Statement, as the case may be, after the 180-day period described in clause
(iii) above, the interest rate on each series of Securities from the date of
such effectiveness or consummation, as the case may be, will be reduced to the
original interest rate.

         If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective pursuant to the
foregoing paragraphs, and if the Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf
Registration Statement continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for
the period required by this Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to
pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar
events, or because the Prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and such
failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any
12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the "Default Day"), then from
the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that the Shelf Registration
Statement is again deemed effective or is useable, (ii) the date that is the
second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) is amended to provide
a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) or (iii) the date
as of which all the Securities are sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.5% per
annum.

         If the Operating Partnership fails to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective or useable for resales pursuant to the
preceding paragraph, it shall give the Holders notice to suspend the sale of the
Securities and shall extend the relevant period referred to above during which
the Operating Partnership is required to keep effective the Shelf Registration
Statement (or the period during which Participating Broker-Dealers are entitled
to use the prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
connection with the resale of Exchange Securities, as the case may be) by the
number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of
such notice to and including the date when holders shall have received copies of
the supplemental or amended prospectus necessary to permit resales of the
Securities or to and including the date on which the Operating Partnership has
given notice that the sale of Securities may be resumed, as the case may be.

         Each Security will contain a legend to the effect that the holder
thereof, by its acceptance thereof, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by
the provisions of this Agreement.

         The Operating Partnership shall notify the Trustee within three
business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of
which Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture) is required to be paid
(an "Event Date"). Additional Interest shall be paid by depositing with the
Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on
or before the applicable semiannual interest payment date, immediately available
funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due. The Additional
Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the record Holder
of Securities entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date
as set forth in the Indenture. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall
be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event
Date.

         3. Registration Procedures.

         In connection with the obligations of the Operating Partnership with
respect to Registration Statements pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof, the
Operating Partnership shall:

         (a) prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement,
within the relevant time period specified in Section 2, on the appropriate form
under the Securities Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Operating
Partnership, (ii) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for
the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof, (iii)
shall comply as to form in all

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material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include or
incorporate by reference all financial statements required by the Commission to
be filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein, and (iv) shall comply
in all respects with the requirements of Regulation S-T under the Securities
Act, and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become
effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

         (b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary
under applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
applicable period; and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required
prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
(or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act and comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to them with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by each Registration Statement during the applicable period
in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling
Holders thereof (including sales by any Participating Broker-Dealer);

         (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each Holder of
Registrable Securities, at least five business days prior to filing, that a
Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities is being
filed and advise such Holders that the distribution of Registrable Securities
will be made in accordance with the method selected by the Majority Holders
participating in the Shelf Registration; (ii) furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of
Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each
Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or
supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may
reasonably request, including financial statements and schedules and, if the
Holder so requests, all exhibits in order to facilitate the public sale or other
disposition of the Registrable Securities; and (iii) hereby consent to the use
of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering and sale of
the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto;

         (d) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to
register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state
securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter of an
underwritten offering of Registrable Securities shall reasonably request by the
time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the
Commission, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably
necessary or advisable to enable each such Holder and underwriter to consummate
the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned
by such Holder; provided, however, that the Operating Partnership shall not be
required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in
any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
this Section 3(d), or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general
service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject;

         (e) notify promptly each Holder of Registrable Securities under a Shelf
Registration or any Participating Broker-Dealer who has notified the Operating
Partnership that it is utilizing the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as
provided in paragraph (f) below and, if requested by such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer, confirm such advice in writing promptly (i) when a
Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective
amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the
Commission or any state securities authority for post-effective amendments and
supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional
information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the
issuance by the Commission or any state securities authority of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the

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initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) in the case of a Shelf
Registration, if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the
closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the
representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership contained in any
underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement,
if any, relating to the offering cease to be true and correct in all material
respects, (v) of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts during
the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which makes any statement
made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any
material respect or which requires the making of any changes in such
Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not
misleading, (vi) of the receipt by the Operating Partnership of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable
Securities or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be, for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose, and (vii) of any determination by the Operating Partnership that a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement would be appropriate;

         (f) (i) in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (a)
include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of
Distribution" which section shall be reasonably acceptable to Chase and CSFB on
behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers, and which shall contain a summary
statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission
with respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that
holds Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities and that will be the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange
Securities to be received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer, whether
such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the
Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of Chase
and CSFB on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers and its counsel,
represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission, including a
statement that any such broker-dealer who receives Exchange Securities for
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be deemed a statutory
underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities, (b)
furnish to each Participating Broker-Dealer who has delivered to the Operating
Partnership the notice referred to in Section 3(e), without charge, as many
copies of each Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
including any preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto,
as such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request, (c) hereby consent
to the use of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, by any Person subject to the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Commission, including all Participating
Broker-Dealers, in connection with the sale or transfer of the Exchange
Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and
(d) include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by
an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer (i) the
following provision:

                  "If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding
                  Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a
                  result of market-making activities or other trading
                  activities, it will deliver a prospectus meeting the
                  requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
                  resale of Exchange Securities received in respect of such
                  Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer;" and

                  (ii) a statement to the effect that, by a broker-dealer making
the acknowledgment described in clause (i) and by delivering a Prospectus in
connection with the exchange of Registrable Securities, the broker-dealer will
not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act; and

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                  (iii) in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Operating Partnership agrees to deliver, upon request, to the
Participating Broker-Dealers upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (a) an opinion of counsel or opinions of counsel
substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, (b) officers'
certificates substantially in the form customarily delivered in a public
offering of debt securities and (c) a comfort letter or comfort letters in
customary form to the extent permitted by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or if such a comfort
letter is not permitted, an agreed upon procedures letter in customary form)
from the Operating Partnership's independent certified public accountants (and,
if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any
subsidiary of the Operating Partnership or of any business acquired by the
Operating Partnership for which financial statements are, or are required to be,
included in the Registration Statement) at least as broad in scope and coverage
as the comfort letter or comfort letters delivered to the Initial Purchasers in
connection with the initial sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers;

         (g) The Operating Partnership may require each seller of Registrable
Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the
Operating Partnership, as applicable, such information regarding such seller as
may be required by the staff of the Commission to be included in a Registration
Statement. The Operating Partnership shall have no obligation to register under
the Securities Act the Registrable Securities of a seller who so fails to
furnish such information.

         (h) (i) in the case of an Exchange Offer, furnish counsel for the
Initial Purchasers and (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish counsel
for the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any comment letters received
from the Commission or any other request by the Commission or any state
securities authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement
and Prospectus or for additional information;

         (i) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest
possible moment;

         (j) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities, and each underwriter, if any, without charge, at least
one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules (without
documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto, unless
requested);

         (k) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling
Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not
bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in
such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and
registered in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, may
reasonably request at least three business days prior to the closing of any sale
of Registrable Securities;

         (l) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any
event or the discovery of any facts, each as contemplated by Sections 3(e)(v)
and 3(e)(vi) hereof, as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an
event, use its best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that,
as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities or
Participating Broker-Dealers, such Prospectus will not contain at the time of
such delivery any untrue statement of a material

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fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or will
remain so qualified. At such time as such public disclosure is otherwise made or
the Operating Partnership determines that such disclosure is not necessary, in
each case to correct any misstatement of a material fact or to include any
omitted material fact, the Operating Partnership agrees promptly to notify each
Holder of such determination and to furnish each Holder such number of copies of
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, as such Holder may reasonably
request;

         (m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to the
filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a
Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any
document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement
or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies
of such document to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders; and make
representatives of the Operating Partnership as shall be reasonably requested by
the Holders of Registrable Securities, or the Initial Purchasers on behalf of
such Holders, available for discussion of such document;

         (n) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a CUSIP number for all
Exchange Securities, Private Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as
the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement,
and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for the Exchange Securities,
Private Exchange Securities or the Registrable Securities, as the case may be,
in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary;

         (o) use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Indenture to be
qualified under the TIA in connection with the registration of the Exchange
Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, (ii) cooperate with
the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be
required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of
the TIA, and (iii) execute, and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to
execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other
forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable the
Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

         (p) in the case of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into agreements (including underwriting
agreements) and take all other customary and appropriate actions in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and in
such connection:

                  (i) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of
such Registrable Securities and the underwriters in form, substance and scope as
are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in similar underwritten
offerings as may be reasonably requested by them;

                  (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Operating Partnership
and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance)
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters, if any, and the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being
sold) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of securities or underwritten
offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders
and underwriters;

                  (iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof from
the Operating Partnership's independent certified public accountants (and, if
necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary
of the Operating Partnership or of any business acquired by the Operating
Partnership for which financial statements are, or are required to be, included
in the Registration Statement) addressed to the underwriters and use reasonable
efforts to have such letter addressed to the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities (to the extent consistent with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts), such letters to be in
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold
comfort" letters to underwriters in connection with similar underwritten
offerings;

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                  (iv) enter into a securities sales agreement with the Holders
and an agent of the Holders providing for, among other things, the appointment
of such agent for the selling Holders for the purpose of soliciting purchases of
Registrable Securities, which agreement shall be in form, substance and scope
customary for similar offerings;

                  (v) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the
same to set forth indemnification provisions and procedures substantially
equivalent to the indemnification provisions and procedures set forth in Section
4 hereof with respect to the underwriters and all other parties to be
indemnified pursuant to said Section or, at the request of any underwriters, in
the form customarily provided to such underwriters in similar types of
transactions; and

                  (vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in similar offerings to
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities
being sold and the managing underwriters, if any.

The above shall be done at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement
(and each post-effective amendment thereto) and (B) each closing under any
underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder;

         (q) in the case of a Shelf Registration or if a Prospectus is required
to be delivered by any Participating Broker-Dealer in the case of an Exchange
Offer, make available at the offices where normally kept, during normal business
hours, for inspection by representatives of the Holders of the Registrable
Securities, any underwriters participating in any disposition pursuant to a
Shelf Registration Statement, any Participating Broker-Dealer and any counsel or
accountant retained by any of the foregoing (collectively, the "Inspectors"),
all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of
the Operating Partnership reasonably requested by any such persons
(collectively, the "Records"), and cause the respective officers, directors,
employees, and any other agents of the Operating Partnership to supply all
information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with a
Registration Statement, and make such representatives of the Operating
Partnership available for discussion of such documents as shall be reasonably
requested by the Initial Purchasers provided, however, that the foregoing
inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the
Purchasers by the Representatives and on behalf of the other parties, by one
counsel designated by the Representatives and on behalf of such other parties as
described in Section 2(c) hereof. Records which the Operating Partnership
determines in good faith, to be confidential and any records which they notify
such representatives are confidential shall not be disclosed by such
representatives unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid
or correct a material misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement,
(ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other
order from a court a competent jurisdiction or is necessary in connection with
any action, suit or proceeding or (iii) the information in such Records has been
made generally available to the public. Each selling Holder of such Registrable
Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to agree
in writing that information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall
be deemed confidential, shall not be communicated to any third-party (other than
its agents and affiliates (who shall also be subject to the confidentially
requirements of this paragraph) on a "need-to-know" basis) and shall not be used
by it as the basis for market transaction in the securities of the Operating
Partnership unless and until such is made generally available to the public.
Each selling holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating
Broker-Dealer will be required to further agree in writing that it will, upon
learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent
jurisdiction, give notice to the Operating Partnership and allow the Operating
Partnership at its expense to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure
of the Records deemed confidential;

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         (r) (i) in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a
reasonable time prior to the filing of any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to an Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus,
provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel to the
Holders of Registrable Securities and make such changes in any such document
prior to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers or counsel to the Holders
of Registrable Securities may reasonably request and, except as otherwise
required by applicable law, not file any such document in a form to which the
Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities and
counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities shall not have previously been
advised and furnished a copy of or to which the Initial Purchasers on behalf of
the Holders of Registrable Securities or counsel to the Holders of Registrable
Securities shall reasonably object, and make the representatives of the
Operating Partnership available for discussion of such documents as shall be
reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers; and

                  (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time
prior to filing any Shelf Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part
thereof, any amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or amendment or
supplement to such Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Holders of
Registrable Securities, to the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for the Holders
and to the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of
Registrable Securities, if any, make such changes in any such document prior to
the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers, the counsel to the Holders or the
underwriter or underwriters reasonably request and not file any such document in
a form to which the Majority Holders, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the
Holders of Registrable Securities, counsel for the Holders of Registrable
Securities or any underwriter shall not have previously been advised and
furnished a copy of or to which the Majority Holders, the Initial Purchasers on
behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities, counsel to the Holders of
Registrable Securities or any underwriter shall reasonably object, and make the
representatives of the Operating Partnership available for discussion of such
document as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable
Securities, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, counsel for the
Holders of Registrable Securities or any underwriter.

         (s) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to cause
all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange on which
similar debt securities issued by the Operating Partnership are then listed if
requested by the Majority Holders, or if requested by the underwriter or
underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any;

         (t) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to cause
the Registrable Securities to be rated by the appropriate rating agencies, if so
requested by the Majority Holders, or if requested by the underwriter or
underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any;

         (u) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably
practicable, an earnings statement covering at least 12 months which shall
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158
thereunder;

         (v) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the
NASD and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, in the performance of any due
diligence investigation by any underwriter and its counsel (including any
"qualified independent underwriter" that is required to be retained in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD); and

         (w) upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange,
obtain a customary opinion of counsel to the Operating Partnership addressed to
the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Securities
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opinion that (i) the Operating Partnership has duly authorized, executed and
delivered the Exchange Securities and/or Private Exchange Securities, as
applicable, and the related indenture, and (ii) each of the Exchange Securities
and related indenture constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Operating Partnership, enforceable against the Operating Partnership in
accordance with its respective terms (with customary exceptions).

         In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Operating
Partnership may (as a condition to such Holder's participation in the Shelf
Registration) require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the
Operating Partnership such information regarding the Holder and the proposed
distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Operating
Partnership may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

         In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that,
upon receipt of any notice from the Operating Partnership of the happening of
any event or the discovery of any facts, each of the kind described in Section
3(e)(v) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder's
receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by
Section 3(k) hereof, and, if so directed by the Operating Partnership, such
Holder will deliver to the Operating Partnership (at its expense) all copies in
such Holder's possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's
possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at
the time of receipt of such notice.

         In the event that the Operating Partnership fails to effect the
Exchange Offer or file any Shelf Registration Statement and maintain the
effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement as provided herein, the
Operating Partnership shall not file any Registration Statement with respect to
any securities (within the meaning of Section 2(1) of the Securities Act) of the
Operating Partnership other than Registrable Securities.

         If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration
Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the underwriter or
underwriters and manager or managers that will manage such offering will be
selected by the Majority Holders of such Registrable Securities included in such
offering and shall be acceptable to the Operating Partnership. No Holder of
Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten registration
hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Registrable
Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by
the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes
and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.

         4. Indemnification, Contribution.

         (a) The Operating Partnership agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Initial Purchasers, each Holder, each Participating Broker-Dealer, each Person
who participates as an underwriter (any such Person being an "Underwriter") and
each Person, if any, who controls any Holder, Initial Purchaser, Participating
Broker-Dealer or Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a "Participant") as follows:

                  (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) pursuant to which Exchange Securities or
Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, including all
documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (or any

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amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom
of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

                  (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever
based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 4(d) below) any such
settlement is effected with the written consent of the Operating Partnership;
and

                  (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by any indemnified
party), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission,
to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii)
above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Operating
Partnership by the Holder or Underwriter expressly for use in a Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto).

         (b) Each Holder and Initial Purchaser severally, but not jointly,
agrees, and each other Participant will be required to agree, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Operating Partnership, the other Initial Purchasers, each
underwriter and the other selling Holders, and each of their respective
directors and officers, and each Person, if any, who controls the Operating
Partnership within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 4(a) hereof, as
incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in any Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or any Prospectus included therein (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
with respect to such Holder, Initial Purchaser or other Participant furnished to
the Operating Partnership by such Holder, Initial Purchaser or other Participant
expressly for use in any such Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto)
or such Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, however,
that no such Holder or other Participant shall be liable for any claims
hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Holder or
other Participant from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
Registration Statement.

         (c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably
practicable to each indemnifying party of any action or proceeding commenced
against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to
so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from
any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a
result thereof, and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which
it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. An
indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such
action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not
(except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the
indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable
for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local
counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in
connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the
same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations

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or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent
of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by
any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought
under this Section 4 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i)
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim, and (ii)
does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

         (d) If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 4(a)(ii) effected without its
written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such
indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at
least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

         (e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount
of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such
indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative fault of the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Holders
or other Participants on the other hand in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

         The relative fault of the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the
Holders or other Participants on the other hand shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Operating Partnership, the Holders or the other
Participants and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

         The Operating Partnership, the Holders and the Initial Purchasers
agree, and the other Participants shall agree, that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 4 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for
such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 4. The
aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred
by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 4 shall be deemed
to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4, no Holder, Initial
Purchaser or other Participant shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities sold by it
were offered exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder, Initial
Purchaser or other Participant has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

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         No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

         For purposes of this Section 4, each Person, if any, who controls an
Initial Purchaser, Holder or other Participant within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, Holder or other Participant,
and each director of the Operating Partnership, and each Person, if any, who
controls the Operating Partnership within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Operating Partnership. The Initial Purchasers' respective
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 4 are several in proportion
to the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names
in Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement and not joint.

         5. Miscellaneous.

                  5.1 Rule 144 and Rule 144A. For so long as the Operating
Partnership is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15
of the Exchange Act, the Operating Partnership covenants that it will file the
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission thereunder. If the Operating Partnership ceases to be so required to
file such reports, the Operating Partnership covenants that it will upon the
request of any Holder of Registrable Securities (a) make publicly available such
information as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, (b) deliver such information to a prospective purchaser as is
necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and it
will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may
reasonably request, and (c) take such further action that is reasonable in the
circumstances, in each case, to the extent required from time to time to enable
such Holder to sell its Registrable Securities without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144
under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, (ii)
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or (iii) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the
Commission. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the
Operating Partnership will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to
whether it has complied with such requirements.

                  5.2 No Inconsistent Agreements. The Operating Partnership has
not entered into and the Operating Partnership will not after the date of this
Agreement enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted
to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise
conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders
hereunder do not and will not for the term of this Agreement in any way conflict
with the rights granted to the holders of the Operating Partnership's other
issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

                  5.3 Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given unless the Operating Partnership has obtained the written
consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or departure.

                  5.4 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to
the Operating Partnership by means of a notice given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 5.4, which address initially is the address set forth
in the Purchase Agreement with respect to the

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Initial Purchasers; and (b) if to the Operating Partnership, initially at the
Operating Partnership's address set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and
thereafter at such other address of which notice is given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 5.4.

         All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; two business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered
back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next
business day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery.

         Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the person giving the same to the Trustee under the
Indenture, at the address specified in such Indenture.

                  5.5 Successor and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each
of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an
express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be
deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.
If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities
shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and
holding such Registrable Securities such person shall be conclusively deemed to
have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of
this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement
and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such person shall be entitled to
receive the benefits hereof.

                  5.6 Third Party Beneficiaries. The Initial Purchasers (even if
the Initial Purchasers are not Holders of Registrable Securities) shall be third
party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Operating
Partnership, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, and shall have
the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they deem such
enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of
Holders hereunder. Each Holder of Registrable Securities shall be a third party
beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Operating Partnership,
on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have
the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such
enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights hereunder.

                  5.7 Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies
available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Operating Partnership
acknowledges that any failure by the Operating Partnership to comply with its
obligations under Sections 2.1 through 2.4 hereof may result in material
irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is
no adequate remedy at law, that it would not be possible to measure damages for
such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial
Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Operating Partnership's obligations under Sections 2.1
through 2.4 hereof.

                  5.8 Restriction on Resales. Until the expiration of two years
after the original issuance of the Securities, the Operating Partnership will
not, and will cause its "affiliates" (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(1)
under the Securities Act) not to, resell any Securities which are "restricted
securities" (as such term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities
Act) that have been reacquired by any of them and shall immediately upon any
purchase of any such Securities submit such Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation.

                  5.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

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                  5.10 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.

                  5.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THEREOF.

                  5.12 Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

                                     FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
                                         as Issuer

                                     By:  FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
                                              as General Partner

                                          By:  /s/ Michael J. Havala
                                              -------------------------------
                                              Name: Michael J. Havala
                                              Title: Chief Financial Officer

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED
AS OF THE DATE FIRST ABOVE
WRITTEN:

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
UBS WARBURG LLC

By: Chase Securities Inc.

By:  /s/ Robert Nordlinger
     -------------------------
     Name: Robert Nordlinger
     Title: Vice President

For themselves and as a Representative of the other Initial Purchasers named
above
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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                           FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL

[Name of Participating Broker-Dealer]

c/o Chase Securities Inc.
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for First Industrial, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), in connection with the sale by the
Operating Partnership to the Initial Purchasers (as defined below) of
$200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.375% senior unsecured notes due
2011 (the "Securities") of the Operating Partnership pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement dated March 12, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement") among the Operating
Partnership and Chase Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
(collectively, the "Initial Purchasers") and the filing by the Operating
Partnership of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") in connection with an Exchange Offer to be effected pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), dated March
19, 2001, among the Operating Partnership and the Initial Purchasers. This
opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 3(f)(ii) of the Registration
Rights Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in
this opinion that are defined in the Registration Rights Agreement are used
herein as so defined.

         We have examined such documents, records and matters of law as we have
deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. In rendering this opinion, as to
all matters of fact relevant to this opinion, we have assumed the completeness
and accuracy of, and are relying solely upon, the representations and warranties
of the Operating Partnership set forth in the Purchase Agreement and the
statements set forth in certificates of public officials and officers of the
Operating Partnership, without making any independent investigation or inquiry
with respect to the completeness or accuracy of such representations, warranties
or statements, other than a review of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws
and relevant minute books of the Operating Partnership.

         Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the
financial statements, notes or schedules thereto and other financial data and
supplemental schedules included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted
therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which such counsel need express no opinion),
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the
Securities Act.

         We have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus and in the course thereof have had discussions with
representatives of the underwriters, officers and other representatives of the
Operating Partnership and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Operating
Partnership's independent public accountants, during which the contents of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus were discussed. We have not, however,
independently verified and are not passing upon, and do not assume any
responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Based on our
participation as described above, nothing has come to our attention that would
lead us to believe that the Registration Statement (except for financial
statements and schedules and other financial data included therein as to which
we

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make no statement) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto (except for financial statements and schedules and other
financial data included therein, as to which such counsel need make no
statement), at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any such amended
or supplemented Prospectus was issued or on the Closing Date, included or
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

         This opinion is being furnished to you solely for your benefit in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement, and may not be used for any other purpose or relied upon by any
person other than you. Except with our prior written consent, the opinions
herein expressed are not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to
in connection with any transactions other than those contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement by or to any other person.

                                         Very truly yours,

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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                           DATED AS OF MARCH 19, 2001

                                      AMONG

                             FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.

                                       AND

                     CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
                              CHASE SECURITIES INC.
               MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
                            SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.
                         BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
                         BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
                                 UBS WARBURG LLC

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