Apple to Expand Its Footprint in Seattle With Office Lease

  • Property is in South Lake Union, near Amazon’s headquarters
  • Apple plans to add 2,000 workers in the area over five years

The south end of Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

Photographer: Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Apple Inc. is significantly increasing its footprint in Seattle as its expands on a previously announced plan to boost hiring, bringing an additional 2,000 jobs to the area in the next five years.

The iPhone maker signed a lease for office space at 333 Dexter, a 660,000-square-foot (61,300-square-meter) development in the South Lake Union neighborhood being built by Kilroy Realty Corp., according to the office of Mayor Jenny Durkan.