<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the balance
sheet of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. at December 31, 1995 and its
statement of income for the year then ended and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Form 10-K of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1995.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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