Exhibit 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-3 (File No. 333-57992), Form S-8 (File No. 333-100630) and
Form S-4 (File No. 333-63052) of First Industrial, L.P. of our report dated
March 9, 2004 relating to the consolidated financial statements and of our
report dated March 9, 2004 relating to the combined financial statements of the
Other Real Estate Partnerships, which appears in this Annual Report on Form
10-K. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
March 9, 2004 relating to the financial statement schedule of First Industrial,
L.P., which appears in this Form 10-K.

                                                      PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, Illinois
March 15, 2004