Apple says it plans to turn Seattle into ‘key engineering hub’ with 2,000 new workers

Apple will expand into two 12-story buildings located on Dexter Ave. N. in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. Apple reports that they will add 2,000 software and hardware jobs during the next five years. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times/TNS)

SEATTLE: Apple plans to add 2,000 software and hardware jobs in Seattle within the next five years, starting with 200 additional jobs this year, company officials said on June 24 at a news conference with Mayor Jenny Durkan. 

“If you look at where they’ve grown elsewhere in the country, their growth has been exponential to what they anticipated,” Durkan said. “And so I think it’s a really good sign.”