TAMPA, Fla. — When Colin Alexander Bendingo first came to Tampa, he didn’t arrive as a builder. He came as an accountant looking for a change.
“I’m actually from Miami. I was a CPA when I graduated college,” he said. “But when I started doing home renovations, I was able to be outside. It just felt different. I kind of got addicted to it.”
After working on an East Tampa rehab project near the new Fair Oaks Park, Bendingo decided to stay. He earned his general contractor license, founded TRU Construction, and began investing in neighborhoods across the city…