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.
• The land swap is meant to end a long-running dispute between Holderness and Sarasota County over public access to the