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FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3)
SEC FILE NO. 333-61543
SUPPLEMENT TO
PROSPECTUS
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CABOT INDUSTRIAL TRUST
1,074,683 COMMON SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST,
PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE (THE "COMMON SHARES")
This Supplement updates certain information set forth under "Selling
Shareholders" in the Prospectus of Cabot Industrial Trust dated September 4,
1998 (the "Prospectus"). MS Special Funds Pte. Ltd. has become an additional
Selling Shareholder, and the number of Common Shares owned and that may be sold
by MS Special Funds Pte. Ltd. pursuant to the Prospectus is 133,334. In
addition, the number of Common Shares owned and that may be sold by MS Real
Estate Special Situations Inc. pursuant to the Prospectus has been changed to
44,768. Finally, the names of Morgan Stanley Special Situations Fund I, L.P.
and Morgan Stanley Special Situations Fund II, L.P. are changed to Morgan
Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund I, L.P. and Morgan Stanley Real
Estate Special Situations Fund II, L.P., respectively.
The date of this Supplement is December 16, 1998
THIS SUPPLEMENT IS PART OF THE PROSPECTUS AND MUST ACCOMPANY THE PROSPECTUS
TO SATISFY THE PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED.
