Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Accountants dated March 30, 2001

The Board of Directors
Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
33-24773) on Form S-3 and (No.  333-15625) on Form S-8 of  Commercial  Net Lease
Realty,  Inc. of our reports dated January 12, 2001, except as to Note 19 to the
financial  statements,  which  is  as of  January  16,  2001,  relating  to  the
consolidated   balance  sheets  of  Commercial   Net  Lease  Realty,   Inc.  and
subsidiaries  as of  December  31, 2000 and 1999,  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,  2000,  and the  related
financial  statement  schedules,  which reports  appear in the December 31, 2000
annual report on Form 10-K of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.

Orlando, Florida
March 30, 2001


/s/ KPMG LLP


Orlando, Florida
March 30, 2001