On the very same day the online retailer concluded its long, highly publicized search for a second headquarters, placing part of it in Long Island City, the bank quietly finalized a deal to provide $83 million for a massive new apartment complex less than a mile away, in Hunter’s Point South.
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The project, which is being built with the Gotham Organization, has more than 1,000 units. About 80 percent of them are earmarked as affordable for people earning between 30 percent and 145 percent of the area’s median income. Gotham had been working on the project for months before news broke Nov. 4 that Amazon was in advanced talks to move in nearby.
“When this massive development is done, it’ll be one of the largest affordable housing communities in New York City’s history,” Anadu said.
