POS EX

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022

Registration No. 333-255376

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 18

to

Form S-11

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Ares Industrial Real Estate Income Trust Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

One Tabor Center

1200 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2900

Denver, Colorado 80202

Telephone (303) 228-2200

(Address of principal executive offices)

Jeffrey W. Taylor

Partner, Co-President

Ares Industrial Real Estate Income Trust Inc.

One Tabor Center

1200 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2900

Denver, Colorado 80202

Telephone (303) 228-2200

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

copies to:

Alice L. Connaughton

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2100 L Street, NW, Suite 900

Washington, DC 20037

(202) 887-1500

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: This post-effective amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act and will be effective upon filing.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-255376) of Ares Industrial Real Estate Income Trust Inc. is filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) solely to add certain exhibits not previously filed with respect to such Registration Statement.

PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(b) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit Number	Exhibit
99.1	Consent of Altus Group U.S. Inc.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to Form S-11 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on October 14, 2022.

ARES INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC.
By:	/s/ JEFFREY W. TAYLOR
	Jeffrey W. Taylor Partner, Co-President (Principal Executive Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to Form S-11 registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on October 14, 2022.

Signature	Title
*	Chairman of the Board and Director
Evan H. Zucker
*	Partner, Co-President and Director
Rajat Dhanda
*	Director
Marshall M. Burton
*	Director
Charles B. Duke
*	Director
John S. Hagestad
*	Director
Stanley A. Moore
*	Director
Dwight L. Merriman III
/s/ JEFFREY W. TAYLOR	Partner, Co-President
Jeffrey W. Taylor	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ SCOTT A. SEAGER	Principal, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Scott A. Seager	(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
*By: /s/ SCOTT A. SEAGER	Attorney-in-Fact
Scott A. Seager

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT VALUATION ADVISOR

We hereby consent to the references to our name and the description of our role in the valuation process described in the heading “September 30, 2022 NAV Per Share” in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Ares Industrial Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (the “Company”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, being included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-228818). We also hereby consent to the same information and the reference to our name in the heading “Experts” being included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-255376) and the related prospectus and prospectus supplements that are a part thereof. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.

	/s/ Altus Group U.S. Inc.
October 14, 2022	Altus Group U.S. Inc.