In 2016, a Florida businessman began buying four Siesta Key beach lots; a decade and multiple lawsuits later, a county land swap will make them public and let him build a 5,000-sq-ft home on another parcel
Holderness sued Sarasota County over public access to his private beach near Beach Access 3. (Photos: Suncoast searchlight) In 2016, Florida businessman Michael Holderness began buying four beachfront lots on Siesta Key. A decade and several lawsuits later, those four lots are set to become public beach property under a settlement with Sarasota County, while…