Editing Watergate complex (section)

===Watergate 600===
Britain's [[National Coal Board]] Pension Fund sold the Watergate Office Building to [[John Hancock Financial|John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance]] in the early 1990s.<ref name="Haggerty" /> The building's office spaces were renovated in 1994,<ref name="AIAGuide" /><ref name="SoldForbes">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-11-fi-rup11.4-story.html |title=Watergate Building Sold to BentleyForbes Group |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 11, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014233104/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/oct/11/business/fi-rup11.4 |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }}</ref> while the entire building saw extensive renovations in 1997.<ref name=sernowashreit>{{cite news |last=Sernovitz |first=Daniel J. |title=Washington Real Estate Investment Trust to acquire part of the Watergate complex |work=Washington Business Journal |date=March 22, 2017|access-date=March 23, 2017 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/03/22/washington-real-estate-investment-trust-to-acquire.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323195935/http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/03/22/washington-real-estate-investment-trust-to-acquire.html|archive-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref>

''[[The Atlantic]]'' magazine owner [[David G. Bradley]] purchased the building in 2003.<ref name="Sale"/> He renovated it once again, expanding its lobby and restaurant space.<ref name=sernowashreit />

In March 2017, Bradley sold the building to the Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WashREIT) for $135 million plus ownership in a WashREIT operating unit.{{Efn|An operating unit is an autonomous subsidiary of a corporation which owns assets, incurs liability, and has its own independent management.}} WashREIT said it would continue renovating various spaces, upgrade and expand the rooftop amenities, and build a new fitness center and conference center.<ref name=sernowashreit />