Plans unveiled Tuesday show Baltimore County could have nearly 290 new housing units on the 18-acre site of the former Hunt Valley Inn.

After the Baltimore County Council overturned County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s veto on a law allowing the redevelopment of the hotel into housing in March, the proposed development’s plans are now public.

The plans show that where there was once one of the biggest hotels in the greater Baltimore area, there could be 126 single-family homes and 164 multifamily homes.

Developer Shawan KB 245 and engineering, planning and design consultant Kimley-Horn are listed on records applying to transform the Shawan Road property, now owned by Dof IV Hunt Valley, a Delaware company that shares a mailing address with Torchlight Investors, a New York-based real estate investment firm.

Torchlight’s website says it gave a $28 million mortgage and financing deal to acquire and renovate the hotel, which it called “the largest conference facility in the area.”

The plan is scheduled for a community input meeting Dec. 4 at the Hunt Valley Embassy Suites. After taking in community feedback, the developers will have a year to submit their final plan for the property to Baltimore County.

Torchlight Investors is not new to investing in the area. The organization also lists the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, owned by Marriott, on its website.

The website states Torchlight provided a $71 million mortgage “for the recapitalization and stabilization” of the hotel.

The Hunt Valley Inn, more recently known as The Delta Marriott Baltimore County hotel, closed in October 2023 after being bought by Marriott International in 2017.

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