While net-lease investment fell significantly in the second quarter, the sector also took its largest share ever of commercial real estate volume, according to the latest research from CBRE.

The net lease sector, which includes office, industrial and retail properties, posted 20.2% of total commercial real estate volume in Q2. In Q1, it secured 13.3% of total CRE volume, which is the sector's highest percentage on record.

CBRE attributed the sector's strength to "investors' attraction to the long-term leases and creditworthy tenants considered safe attributes during an economic downturn."

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.