Garden City hearing on 236-unit ‘Antioch Apartments’ ends with council continuing deliberations to Jan. 10

Garden City — The Garden City Council closed public testimony Dec. 30 on a design review application for a 236-unit apartment project proposed on Boise Bible College property and voted to continue deliberations to a special meeting set for Jan. 10, 2026.

The project, presented by Deborah Nelson, a land-use attorney representing Renison Companies, would place two multifamily buildings (3–4 stories with elevator access) on new parcels at the college site. Nelson told the council the application "meets all code requirements for the R-3 zone" and that the applicant "is in agreement with all recommended conditions of approval." She and the project team described large setbacks, enhanced landscaping, relocated dumpsters and an alternate sewer connection to avoid an at-capacity City lift station.

Neighbors, homeowners associations and condo representatives opposed the design, focusing on four recurring concerns: traffic and intersection capacity on Marigold and Glenwood; the applicant’s proposal to tile a local drainage ditch and route sewer infrastructure through nearby residential easements; on-site parking adequacy and off-site spillover; and the scale of four-story buildings adjacent to mostly single-story homes.

Terry Dean, Willowbrook HOA president, urged councilors not to approve the design without conditions protecting her neighborhood, saying the project "does not fit in with the surrounding neighborhood" and asking for measures such as moving dumpsters, enclosed carports, a 6-foot…