While COVID-19 slashed transaction volume fell across the board in 2020, net lease held up better than other sectors.

"Starting in 2007, the bottom dropped out of CRE and volumes dropped dramatically in 2008 and 2009," says Camille Renshaw, CEO and Founder of B+E.

At that time she noticed movement to net lease. "When you look down at the data relative to all the other segments, multifamily, self-storage, office or whatever, our volume spiked as a segment," she says. "It was this flight to quality and security."

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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.