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[KPMG LOGO]
111 North Orange Avenue, Suite 1600
P.O. Box 3031
Orlando, FL 32802
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No. 333-64511) on Form S-3 of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. of our reports
dated January 14, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, sockholders' equity,
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 1999, and the related financial statement schedules, which reports appear
in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of Commercial Net Lease
Realty, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Orlando, Florida
March 30, 2000
