Before joining First Industrial, Gearen was senior associate at Equity Commercial Services, where he was responsible for the acquisition, leasing and disposition of industrial properties for a diverse range of clients.

Chris Willson, senior regional director for First Industrial's Minneapolis region, says Gearen's "broad knowledge of the market and focus on customer service are ideally suited to serving the industrial real estate needs of our customers in the region."

Gearen, who received his bachelor of arts in marketing and business from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, is a board member of the Minnesota Commercial Association of Realtors. First Industrial Realty Trust owns, operates and has under development 82 million sf of industrial real estate in markets throughout the United States.

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