Apple is taking a big bite out of the Seattle commercial estate market with a new 193,000 square-foot lease in a building previously occupied by Meta. A new report from Colliers described the lease as a direct deal at the Arbor Blocks 333 building in South Lake Union near downtown Seattle, just south of Amazon’s headquarters.

Apple is expanding its presence in the Evergreen State, signing a direct lease for nearly 193,000 square feet of office space in South Lake Union.

Apple is expanding in Seattle, finalizing the largest single lease of office space in the city since the pandemic’s onset. The iPhone maker is bucking the trend of tech companies choosing Bellevue for new offices by taking more than 190,000 square feet of space in South Lake Union from Meta, according to a report from commercial brokerage Colliers.

Tech giant Apple signed a new lease for office space in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. It is the largest new lease in Seattle since 2019.