The pandemic hit some building sectors, notably hospitality, extremely hard, while others warehouses, cold storage, and life science facilities have experienced an unexpected bump thanks to the pandemic.
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Cameron Sperance Boston.com correspondent December 30, 2020 12:30 pm
If you asked real estate agents and home builders in the late spring how buyers were responding to the pandemic, they would answer with tales of multiple home offices and private gyms becoming must-haves.
But as the virus surged into winter, less sexy but more important components like air-filtration systems and new approaches to a condo building’s package drop-off zone were suddenly entering the conversation.
“I think with ‘COVID-proofing,’ we’ve learned so much over the nine months of this pandemic,’’ said Vickie Alani, principal at architectural firm CBT. “It’s not really the house or the space causing COVID. It’s not stuff. It’s people. It’s how we move through space and breathe.’’