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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements of First Industrial, L.P. for the year ended December 31,
1996 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
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