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CAREN S. FRANZINI PUBLIC PARTNER AWARD

RICHARD TURNER
Mayor, Township of Weehawken

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Caren S. Franzini was one of New Jersey’s greatest economic development advocates, evidenced by her incredibly effective leadership of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and her work with Greater Trenton. In 2017, NAIOP New Jersey established the Caren S. Franzini Public Partner Award, to be presented in her memory and to honor local champions of development that inspires and transforms our communities.

Mayor Richard Turner’s vision and dedication to economic revitalization have transformed his town.

Three decades ago, Weehawken’s waterfront was an industrial wasteland. Enter Richard F. Turner, who has been Mayor for the past 30 years. Turner has overseen dramatic changes in the township, including the transformation of its waterfront. Under his leadership, Weehawken has seen the introduction of NJ Transit’s Light Rail, new parks, and a new ferry station. Significant projects include the $2 billion redevelopment of Port Imperial. Mayor Turner also helped consolidate four municipal agencies to form the North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue.
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Turner started his career with the state Department of Community Affairs as an intern at age 23, eventually rising through the ranks to serve as acting deputy director of the division of local governmental services. It was his role in Trenton that first brought him to Weehawken as the state-assigned township manager. Weehawken was released from state control in 1983, and Turner stayed on as town manager through 1985. He served as business administrator in North Bergen, and then returned as township manager in 1989. When Mayor Stanley Iacono opted not to run for reelection in 1990, Turner stepped in and has been Weehawken’s chief executive ever since.

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  • Welcome
    • COVER
    • VOLLERS | Inside Front Cover
    • FBC | Inside Back Cover
    • FBC | Back Cover
    • Officers & Trustees
    • President's Message
    • PROGRAM
    • Grand Sponsors
  • Awards
    • Lifetime Achievement
    • Impact | RC Andersen, LLC
    • Impact | Diaz
    • Industry Service
    • Public Partner
    • DOY_OFFICE
    • DOY_INDUSTRIAL
    • DOY_MIXED-USE
    • Past_Awards_1988-1996
    • Past_Awards_1997-2006
    • Past_Awards_2007-2012
    • Past_Awards_2013-2016
    • Past_Awards_2017-2019
  • GOLD SPONSORS
    • The Morris Companies
    • Elberon
    • Dermody Properties
    • JLL
    • The Hampshire Co
    • Alston
    • RC Andersen
    • PRISM
    • PROLOGIS
    • Hartz Mountain Industries
    • GZA
    • Rockefeller Group
    • Solar Landscape
    • Cushman & Wakefield
    • CBRE
    • T&M Associates
    • Crow Holdings Industrial
    • Avison Young
    • tulfra
    • Fox Rothschild
    • ELEC 825
    • Sills Cummis & Gross
    • VisionREP
    • Greenbaum Law
    • Bridge Dev
    • Duke Realty
    • Alston Construction
    • Petillo
    • Roseland Residential Trust
    • Russo Development
    • Forsgate Industrial Partners
    • Matrix
    • SJP PROPERTIES
    • PS&S
    • JG Petrucci
    • Cerullo Fire Protection
    • Somerset Development
    • Bohler Engineering
    • Alert Sprinkler
    • Mountain Development Corp
    • National Business Parks
    • Transwestern
    • McCombs Steel
    • KRE
    • CRG
    • Bluewater Property Group
    • Aztec Architects
    • Tri-County Maintenance
    • City Contracting
  • SILVER SPONSORS
    • Faegre Drinker
    • NAI James E. Hanson
    • LiUNA
    • CSG Law
    • SAXUM
    • SENLAC
    • Denholtz
    • Wilentz
    • Mile Square Roofing
    • Onyx Equities
    • Whitesell
  • FULL SPONSORS
    • CushWake-Merin
    • USI
    • WISS
    • Gensler
    • HLW
    • Railroad Construction
    • Structure Tone
    • Advance Realty Investors
    • Canoe Brook
    • U.S. Title Solutions
    • Cushman&Wakefield
    • JRM Construction Management
    • Sanzari
    • Lakeland Bank
    • NAI Di-Leo Bram
    • M&T Bank
    • Blue Onyx Companies
    • Menard
    • Lindabury
    • Amptek Electric
    • SAX LLP
    • Colliers International
    • Caryl Communications
    • CenterPoint
    • Cole Schotz
    • Pizzutillo Public Affairs
    • Hackensack Meridian Health
    • Woodmont Industrial Partners
    • New York Shipping Association
    • Sheldon Gross Realty
    • Maher Terminals
    • The STRO Companies
    • Barin Box AI
    • V.A. Spatz & Sons
    • Almasi Construction
    • Gellman Images
    • Optisure | The Alliance Group
    • Dresdner Robin
    • Phillips Construction
    • Remington & Vernick Engineers
    • Lyndon Steel
    • Reilly Financial Group
    • Bergman Realty
    • Ehrlich Petriello Gudin & Plaza
    • Excel Environmental Resources
    • American Properties
    • Walsh Company
    • Brach Eichler
  • Half & Quarter Sponsors
    • Seagis Property | Bussell Realty
    • River Crossing | Shambaugh & Son
    • Anderson Hoyt Irrigation | ESA
    • DUNE REP | Dallas Industrial Ser
    • Gottesman REP | Clarion Partners
    • RGS | GMS | BURGIS
    • LCOR | Global Container | Tri-State Asphalt | Bi-State Motor Carriers
    • Desimone | Dynamic | First Bank | Elite Signs
    • NY Waterway | T&T Construction | Dailey Precast | Woodard & Curran
    • Murray Con. | Genova Burns | Sept Sky | Zimmel Associates
  • 2020 Committee Chairs
  • Gala Committee Chairs
  • NAIOP NJ 50 YEARS | NAIOP Corp
  • NAIOP NJ 50 YEARS | History
  • NAIOP NJ 50 YEARS | 1970-2000
  • NAIOP NJ 50 YEARS | 2001-2012
  • NAIOP NJ 50 YEARS | 2013-2020
  • MEMBERSHIP | A-E
  • MEMBERSHIP | F-Ni
  • MEMBERSHIP | NJ-Z