We checked out the neighborhood where Apple is building a new Seattle campus, just blocks away from Amazon HQ (AAPL)

Rosalie Chan

• In June, Apple announced 333 Dexter Ave. as the home of its new Seattle campus, as GeekWire reported.
• This building will include two 12-story towers that can ultimately house 3,000 to 4,500 employees.
• When Apple opens this Seattle campus, it will only serve to fuel the talent wars with Amazon and Microsoft.
• Business Insider checked out the surrounding neighborhood.
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Apple is investing in Seattle in a big way. 

As GeekWire originally reported in June, Apple has plans to open up a new office in Seattle, with ambitions to have as many as 2,000 employees lining its hallways within the next five years, as GeekWire reported. That would be up from the some 500 employees Apple currently has in the city. 

Notably, this new Seattle campus would make Apple all but neighbors with the city's other big tech company — the new Apple building is in the heart of the city, mere blocks away from Amazon's urban headquarters. With Facebook and Google also investing in Seattle, and Microsoft's headquarters located right outside the city, the talent wars only look to escalate. 

On a recent trip to Seattle, I took a look around Apple's new neighborhood. Take a look:

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