Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Cochran James D
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DCT Industrial Trust Inc. [DCT]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
518 17TH STREET, SUITE 800
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/04/2008
(Street)

DENVER, CO 80202
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 11/04/2008   C(3)   4,179 A (2) 48,460 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Operating Partnership Units (1) (2) 11/04/2008   C(3)     4,179   (2)   (2) Common Stock 4,179 $ 0 634,454 I By Dividend Capital Advisors Group LLC (4)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Cochran James D
518 17TH STREET
SUITE 800
DENVER, CO 80202
      President  

Signatures

 Stephen K. Schutte, Attorney-in-Fact   11/06/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The Units of limited partnership interest ("Units") are issued by DCT Industrial Operating Partnership LP, the operating partnership of the Issuer (the "Partnership"), for which the Issuer is the sole general partner of the Partnership.
(2) Provided that the Units have been outstanding for at least one year, the Units are redeemable for an equal number of shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, or at the election of the Issuer, cash equal to the fair market value of such shares. The Units have no expiration date.
(3) Distribution of 4,179 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock from Dividend Capital Advisors Group LLC ("DCAG") in exchange for partial pro rata redemption of the Reporting Person's interest in DCAG. Prior to the distribution by DCAG, the 4,179 shares of Issuer's Common Stock were issued to DCAG in exchange for an equal number of Units owned by DCAG. The Units are redeemable for an equal number of shares of the Issuer's Common Stock or at the election of the Issuer, cash equal to the fair market value of such shares. The Issuer elected to redeem the Units with the Issuer's Common Stock.
(4) The Units are owned by DCAG. The Units reported above may be attributed to the Reporting Person based upon his cash flow interest in DCAG.

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