1 EXHIBIT 10.5 SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P. As of September 30, 1997, the undersigned, being the sole general partner of First Industrial, L.P. (the "PARTNERSHIP"), a limited partnership formed under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and pursuant to the terms of that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, dated June 6, 1997 (as amended by the first amendment thereto dated June 20, 1997, the second amendment thereto dated June 30, 1997, the third amendment thereto dated July 18, 1997, the fourth amendment thereto dated July 31, 1997, the fifth Amendment thereto dated August 1, 1997, and the Sixth Amendment thereto dated August 29, 1997, collectively, the "PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT"), does hereby amend the Partnership Agreement as follows: Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Seventh Amendment shall have the same meanings that are ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement. 1. ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS. The Persons identified on SCHEDULE 1 hereto are hereby admitted to the Partnership as Additional Limited Partners owning the number of Units and having made the Capital Contributions set forth on such SCHEDULE 1. Such persons hereby adopt the Partnership Agreement. 2. SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS. EXHIBIT 1B to the Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by EXHIBIT 1B hereto which identifies the Partners following consummation of the transactions referred to in Section 1 hereof. 3. PROTECTED AMOUNTS. In connection with the transactions consummated pursuant to that certain Contribution Agreement (the "CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT"), dated September 30, 1997, by and between FR Acquisitions, Inc., a Maryland corporation (it having assigned its entire right, title and interest in and to the Contribution Agreement to the Partnership), and the other parties listed on the signature pages of the Contribution Agreement, certain Protected Amounts are being established for the Additional Limited Partners admitted pursuant to this Seventh Amendment, which Protected Amounts are reflected on EXHIBIT 1D attached hereto and shall be incorporated as part of EXHIBIT 1D of the Partnership Agreement. 4. RATIFICATION. Except as expressly modified by this Seventh Amendment, all of the provisions of the Partnership Agreement are affirmed and ratified and remain in full force and effect. 2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Seventh Amendment as of the date first written above. FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as sole general partner of the Partnership By:______________________________________ Name:_______________________________ Title:______________________________ 3 EXHIBIT 1B SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS GENERAL PARTNER NUMBER OF UNITS - --------------- --------------- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 30,152,117 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Daniel R. Andrew, TR of the Daniel R. Andrew Trust UA Dec 29 92 137,489 Charles T. Andrews 754 BK Columbus Venture 24,789 Michael W. Brennan 7,587 Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson TR of 1,400 the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20 94, FBO Benjamin Dure Bullock Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock & Shawn Stevenson TR of 1,400 the Bullock Childrens Education Trust UA Dec 20 94, FBO Christine Laurel Bullock Henry D. Bullock & Terri D. Bullock TR of the Henry D. & Terri 10,891 D. Bullock Trust UA Aug 28 92 Edward Burger 9,261 Jan Burman 18,653 Susan Burman 523,155 Perry C. Caplan 1,388 Charles S. Cook and Shelby H. Cook, tenants in the entirety 634 4 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- George L. Cramer, Jr. 2,262 Michael G. Damone, TR of the Michael G.Damone Trust UA Nov 4 69 144,296 Robert L. Denton 6,286 W. Allen Doane TR of the W. Allen Doane Trust UA May 31, 91 4,416 Timothy Donohue 2,000 Darwin B. Dosch 1,388 Charles F. Downs 1,508 Danielle Draizin 6,538 Heather Draizin 6,538 Jason Draizin 13,078 Judith Draizin 331,742 Joseph Dresner 149,531 Ethel Road Associates, a New Jersey limited partnership 29,511 Farlow Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 Fitz & Smith Partnership 3,410 Foundation for Advanced Christian Training 60 Fourbur Co., L.L.C. 27,987 Fourbur Family Co., L.P. 50,478 Gamma Three Associates Limited Partnership, a New Jersey 3,338 limited partnership 5 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Dennis G. Goodwin and Jeannie L. Goodwin, tenants in the 6,166 entirety Clay Hamlin & Lynn Hamlin JT TEN WROS 15,159 Henry E. Dietz Trust UA Jan 16 81 36,476 Highland Associates Limited Partnership 69,039 Robert W. Holman Jr. 150,134 Holman/Shidler Investment Corporation 22,079 Steven B. Hoyt 220,000 Internal Investment Company 3,016 Frederick K. Ito 3,880 The Jack Friedman Revocable Living Trust dated March 23, 1978 26,005 Jayeff Associates Limited Partnership, a New Jersey limited 16,249 partnership Michael W. Jenkins 3,831 Jernie Holdings Corp. 180,499 John E. de Blockey, TR of the John E. De B Blockey Trust 8,187 Thomas J. Johnson, Jr. and Sandra L. Johnson, tenants in the 2,142 entirety Nourhan Kailian 2,183 Peter Kepic 9,261 Lambert Investment Corporation 13,606 Paul T. Lambert 39,737 Constance Lazarus 417,961 6 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Jerome Lazarus 18,653 LGR Investment Fund Ltd 22,556 Malcolm Properties, L.L.C. 25,342 Shidler Equities LP 254,541 Duane Lund 617 Craig R. Martin 754 Menlo Park Presbyterian Church 230 Eileen Millar 2,880 Linda Miller 2,000 The Milton Dresner Revocable Trust dated October 22, 1976 149,531 Montrose Kennedy Associates, a New Jersey general partnership 4,874 Peter Murphy 56,184 Anthony Muscatello 81,654 Muskingum College 20 Joseph Musti 1,508 Dean A. Nachtigall 10,076 New Land Associates Limited Partnership, a New Jersey limited 1,644 partnership North Star Associates Limited Partnership 19,333 Arden O'Connor 63,845 Peter O'Connor 66,181 7 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- Eduardo Paneque 2,000 Partridge Road Associates Limited Partnership 2,751 R.C.P. Associates, a New Jersey limited partnership 3,060 Jack F. Ream 1,071 Glenn C. Rexroth & Linda A. Rexroth 2,142 James C. Reynolds 38,697 Andre G. Richard 1,508 Edward C. Roberts and Rebecca S. Roberts, tenants in the 8,308 entirety W.F.O. Rosenmiller 634 Edward Jon Sarama 634 Shadeland Associates Limited Partnership 42,976 Shadeland Corporation 4,442 Jay H. Shidler 65,118 Jay H. Shidler & Wallette A. Shidler TEN ENT 1,223 Michael B. Slade 2,829 David W. Smith, and Doris L. Smith, tenants in the entirety 754 Gary L. Smith and Joyce A. Smith, tenants in the entirety 1,508 Kevin Smith 13,571 8 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- South Broad Company, a New Jersey limited partnership 72,421 South Gold Company, a New Jersey general partnership 53,000 SRS Partnership 2,142 Robert Stein 56,778 S. Larry Stein 56,778 Jonathan Stott 130,026 Suburban Roseland Associates, a Limited Partnership, a New 3,002 Jersey limited partnership Thelma C. Gretzinger Trust 450 Michael T. Tomasz 23,868 Barry L. Tracey 2,142 The UCLA Foundation - The Andersen School 20 Women at the Well 50 Worlds Fair Associates, a New Jersey general partnership 6,134 The Worlds Fair Office Associates, a New Jersey general 3,343 partnership Worlds Fair Partners Limited Partnership, a New Jersey limited 1,664 partnership Worlds Fair III Associates, a New Jersey limited partnership 14,094 9 LIMITED PARTNERS NUMBER OF UNITS - ---------------- --------------- The Worlds Fair V Associates, a New Jersey general partnership 3,340 The Worlds Fair 25 Associates, a Limited Partnership, a New 13,677 Jersey limited partnership Van Brunt Associates, a New Jersey limited partnership 39,370 Princeton South at Lawrenceville One, a New Jersey limited 4,692 partnership RJB Ford City Limited Partnership, an Illinois partnership 158,438 10 EXHIBIT 1D PROTECTED AMOUNTS None. 11 SCHEDULE 1 Additional Limited Partners Number of Units Capital Contribution - ---------------- --------------- -------------------- RJB Ford City Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership 158,438 $5,236,375.90