“I don’t want to hear about your surface cleaning procedures, because that is a waste of time and money,” said Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech.

What became important to multifamily residents changed during the pandemic. Those choices are not likely to change even as things return to normal.

The New York Times looks at how data is changing how office buildings are operated. Shoppers have been returning to malls as vaccination numbers rise and virus cases ease, reports the Wall Street Journal. These are among today’s must reads from...