Earnings Per Share / Unit (EPS / EPU) - Additional Information (Details) - shares	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Unvested Restricted Stock / Unit Awards	210,728	274,624
First Industrial, L.P.
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Unvested Restricted Stock / Unit Awards	445,182	400,181

The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(i)-(ii)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116856206&loc=d3e5070-113901

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