For decades, real-estate reality television has mined the drama of luxury homes, quick-flip makeovers and high-end staging. And, of course, catty broker drama.

But the engine that powers downtown skylines, fills shopping centers and underwrites small-business survival has rarely made it to primetime. That changes this fall.

On Oct. 12, the A+E network will debut “The Real Estate Commission,” an eight-part unscripted series that steps inside commercial property deals — a trillion-dollar industry rarely seen beyond boardrooms and brokerage offices. A show focusing on the commercial end of the industry has never before existed.

The show premieres at 9 a.m. eastern time as part of the network’s Home.Made.Nation programming block. 6

The series follows Todd J. Drowlette, managing direct

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