LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby revokes all previous Powers of
Attorney executed by the undersigned with respect to the matters set forth below, and hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Stuart B. Brown and Heather Hagemann and
Marilyn Cartwright, signing singly, 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, director and/or stockholder of DCT Industrial Trust Inc. ("the Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

	(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
amendment thereto and timely file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing
authority, 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.

	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'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 of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney may be filed with
the SEC as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 3rd day of February, 2011.



	/s/ Bruce L. Warwick
	Name:	Bruce L. Warwick