Editing Watergate complex (section)

===Construction===
Construction proceeded. The foundation and basement of the first building, the {{convert|110|ft|m|adj=on}} Watergate East, were completed by September 1964, and the metal and concrete superstructure rose in October.<ref name="WGEast" /> In September 1964, the Watergate's developers signed a first-of-its-kind agreement under which the Washington Gas Light Co. would provide the entire complex with its heating and air conditioning.<ref>"Watergate, Gas Co. Sign Unusual Pact." ''The Washington Post.'' September 9, 1964.</ref> The Watergate East was completed in May 1965, and a month later the first model apartment unit was opened to the public for viewing.<ref>"First Watergate Building Nearly Ready." ''The Washington Post.'' May 22, 1965; "Watergate Apartment Model Opens." ''The Washington Post.'' June 19, 1965.</ref> The building formally opened on October 23, 1965, and the first tenants moved in a few days later.<ref name="Livingston" /><ref>"Formal Opening Wednesday For Watergate East." ''The Washington Post.'' October 24, 1965; "Watergate East Gets First Tenants." ''The Washington Post.'' October 24, 1965.</ref> Prices for the 238 [[Housing cooperative|cooperative apartment]] units ranged from $17,000 for efficiencies to more than $250,000 for penthouses, and were almost completely sold out by April 1967.<ref name="MacPhersonStatus" /><ref name="Livingston" /><ref name="NewHotel" /> The average apartment contained two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a dining room, and a kitchen, and cost $60,000.<ref name="MacPhersonStatus" /> Each parking space in the underground garage cost $3,000.<ref name="MacPhersonStatus" /> The tenants took title to their building on April 8, 1966.<ref>"Watergate Operating As 'Co-Op'." ''The Washington Post.'' April 9, 1966.</ref> In November, a [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]] supermarket, a [[Peoples Drug]] (now known as [[CVS/pharmacy|CVS pharmacy]]), beauty salon, barber shop, bank, bakery, liquor store, florist, dry cleaner, post office, upscale shops, and high-end restaurant took up residency in the retail space on the ground floor.<ref name="Livingston" /><ref name="NewHotel" /><ref name="InPlace" /><ref>{{cite news |title=New Peoples Drug Opens in Watergate |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 6, 1966}}</ref> Riverview Realty was the leasing agent for the complex.<ref name="Livingston" />

Construction began on the second building, the 11-story office building and hotel, in February 1965.<ref>{{cite news |title=Watergate Project Enters Second Phase |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 5, 1965}}</ref> Both opened on March 30, 1967; the Watergate Hotel welcomed its first guests the same day.<ref name="Livingston" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Watergate Apartment Hotel Opens |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 1, 1967}}</ref> The 12-story hotel initially included 213 rooms, while the 12-story office building, attached to the hotel by a [[colonnade]], had {{convert|200000|sqft|m2}} of office space.<ref name="NewHotel" /> The combined hotel/office building included a health club, space on the ground floor for shops, and a restaurant, the Roman Terrace, on the top floor.<ref name="Livingston" /><ref name="NewHotel" /> Later in April, the [[Democratic National Committee]] leased office space in the building's retail office portion.<ref name="Democrats">{{cite news |title=Democrats to Take New Headquarters |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 26, 1967}}</ref>

The third building in the complex, Watergate South,<ref name="Sanchez" /> opened in June 1968. It contained 260 residential units, more than any other building in the complex.<ref>{{cite news |title=Watergate Opening |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 23, 1968}}</ref>

Construction on the fourth building in the complex, the Watergate West apartments, began in July 1967.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fourth Building Started |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 1, 1967}}</ref> Apartments in the unfinished building, priced from $30,000 to $140,000, began selling in October 1967, an indication of how popular the complex was with District residents.<ref name="InPlace" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Watergate Selling In Fourth Building |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 7, 1967}}</ref> The Watergate West [[Topping out|topped out]] on August 16, 1968, at which point the cost of the project had risen to $70 million.<ref name="Spreads">{{cite news |title=Watergate Complex Spreads Out |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 17, 1968}}</ref> Construction was completed in 1969.<ref name="Livingston" />