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fter years of luxury‑home drama, A+E is turning the spotlight on the unseen trillion‑dollar world of commercial real estate. On Oct. 12, the network will launch “The Real Estate Commission,” an eight‑episode unscripted series that follows real‑time negotiations across New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina. The show, part of the Home.Made.Nation block, is the first reality program to expose the high‑stakes deals that shape office towers, retail chains and local economies.

    At the center is Todd J. Drowlette, managing director of TITAN Commercial Realty Group. With 23 years of experience and more than $2 billion in closed transactions, Drowlette guides viewers through multimillion‑dollar office leases, national retailer expansions and even a court‑ordered multifamily foreclosure sale. He insists the series is a pure documentary: every deal is real, every person is authentic, and no drama is staged.

    The producers describe the format as a blend of CNBC’s “Shark Tank” and Netflix’s “Selling Sunset,” but with fewer champagne toasts and higher financial stakes. Viewers witness lawyers negotiating relocations, entrepreneurs scouting sites, landlords battling bureaucracy, and brokers fighting commissions that range from $5,000 to $250,000. Drowlette notes that commercial real estate touches everyday life—from the gas station where we refuel to the grocery store that stocks our shelves and the coffee shop on the way to work.

    The idea for the show emerged during the pandemic, when Drowlette’s career stalled for nearly two years. He argues that the industry’s lack of TV exposure is due to its ubiquity rather than a lack of drama. “Commercial real estate is like the air we breathe; we’re constantly surrounded by it, yet we rarely notice it,” he says.

    A+E hopes to attract viewers curious about how real estate shapes their routines and fans of high‑stakes unscripted drama. Each Sunday at 9 a.m. EST, the network will air back‑to‑back episodes that follow negotiations from the first handshake to the final signature—or a collapse. “Not every story ends happily,” Drowlette reminds us. “Some work out, some don’t.”