FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1.  Name and Address of
     Reporting Person

     Tracy, Dennis E.
     450 S. Orange Avenue
     Orlando, FL 32801
2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.     NNN

6.  Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all appropriate)
                Director           10% Owner
        X      Officer         (Give title below)
                 Other           (Specify below)

     Executive Vice President of
        Commercial Net Lease Realty Services, Inc.
3.  I.R.S. Identification
     Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4.  Statement for
         10/04/02
5.  If Amendment,
      Date of Original
7.  Individual of Joint/Group Filing
        X      Form filed by One Reporting Person
                  Form filed by More than one Reporting Person


TABLE I - Non Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned

1.  Title of
     Security
     (Instr. 8)
2.  Transaction
      Date
2A. Deemed
     Execution
      Date
      if any
3.  Transaction
      Code
      (Instr. 8)
4.  Securities Acquired
     (A) or Disposed of (D)
        (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5.  Amount of
       Securities
       Beneficially
       Owned
       Following
       Reported
       Transactions
       (Instr. 3 nd 4)
6.  Ownership
     Form:
     Direct (D)
     or
     Indirect (I)
       (Instr. 4)
7.  Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership
       (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 10/04/02   M   4,500 A 12.625 128,072 D  
Common Stock 10/04/02   M   7,667 A 10.625 128,072 D  
                     
                     


TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned
(e.g. puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of
   Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.3)
2. Conver-
   sion or
    Exercise
   Price of
    Deriva-
    tive
    Security
3. Transac-
      tion
     Date
3A. Deemed
   Execution
    Date,
   if any
4. Transaction
      Code
     (Instr. 8)
5. Number of
   Derivative
    Securities
   Acquired
    (A) or
   Disposed
    of (D)
   (Instr. 3, 4
    & 5)
6. Date Exercis-
    able and
    Expiration
    Date
7. Title and
    Amount of
    Underlying
    Securities
    (Instr. 3 & 4)
8. Price of
    Derivative
    Securities
    (Instr. 5)
9. Number of
    Derivative
   Underlying
     Securities
   Benefically
    Owned
     Following
     Reported
    Tranaction
(Instr. 3 & 4)
     
10. Ownership
     Form of
     Derivative
     Security:
     Direct (D)
     or
     Indirect (I)
      (Instr. 4)
11. Nature of
       Indirect
     Beneficial
    Ownership
      (Instr. 4)
Code   V   (A) (D) Date
Exer-
cisable
Expira-
tion
Date
Title Amount or
Number of-
Shares
Options
(Right to buy)
12.625 10/04/02   X     4,500 11/16/95 11/15/05 Common Stock 4,500 12.625 45,833 D  
Options
(Right to buy)
10.625 10/04/02   X     7,667 06/16/01 06/15/11 Common Stock 7,667 10.625 45,833 D  
Explanation of Responses:

    
    .
    
/s/Dennis E, Tracy
Signature of Reporting Person
October 7, 2002
Date