POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING PURPOSES

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Jeffrey W. Taylor, Scott A. Seager and Andrew Ko as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Ares Industrial Real Estate
Income Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be
required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

	(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such
form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission or similar authority (including any stock exchange
if the securities of the Company are ever listed); and

	(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing, which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of February 10, 2023.
By:/s/ William S. Benjamin
William S. Benjamin
Director