Office buildings will need to offer more homey, casual alternatives for employees who may prefer to work from home after a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Oliver Carr, CEO of Carr Properties. This is an artist’s rendering of the soon-to-open Signal House. (Courtesy Tomorrow AB) As more and more people get vaccinations against COVID-19, businesses are finally able to look toward bringing more employees back into the workplace. One big challenge: A lot of employees don’t feel like coming back to the office. And Oliver Carr, whose Carr Properties owns 11 high-end office buildings in D.C., nearby Maryland and Virginia, with two more under construction, knows it.