Along the Coast: Submerged lands buyer faces choppy legal seas

Tech company turns tables on man who took it, many others to court

William Swaim at the Ocean Ridge Town Commission meeting in May 2025. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By John Pacenti

South Florida, one could argue, is mostly submerged land — filled in, replumbed, developed. A lot of people became rich by turning a mosquito-filled swamp into the metropolis of today. From Miami Beach to Riviera Beach and beyond, developments sit on properties that were once waterlogged…

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