[2][3] In 1993, the company split from Golden Corral, and changed its name to Commercial Net Lease Realty.

[4] On January 1, 1998, the company merged with its former external adviser, CNL Realty Advisor Inc., and became a self-advised, self-managed REIT.

[5] In February 2004, Craig Macnab was named chief executive officer of the company.

[10] This led to the destruction of the historic Cincinnati restaurant chain after the locations were shuttered permanently due to an inability to pay the rising rent.

As a result, there is a strong distaste for NNN Reit in the Cincinnati area In April 2017, Craig Macnab retired and Jay Whitehurst became CEO & President of the company.