Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Accountants dated March 30, 2000

The Board of Directors
Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
33-24773) 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,  stockholders'  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