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Today, Sun Communities Inc. (SUI) (the "Company") announced that it acquired two
properties, Palm Creek Golf & RV resort and Lake in Wood. The two properties
contain approximately 2,288 sites for a stated purchase price of $102.6 million.

Palm  Creek Golf & RV  resort is a 5-star  institutional quality, age restricted
resort  with 1,863 sites  located in  Casa Grande,  Arizona, just  forty minutes
south  of Phoenix. Amenities include  an 18-hole golf course,  pools, spas and a
world  class pickle ball and tennis facility. The resort is rated very high with
a  29 out of  30 rating by  Woodall's/Good Sam  Club.  The  Company acquired the
resort  and related  improvements, personal    property and associated intangibles
for  $70.4  million  and  a  contiguous  parcel  of  land being developed to add
approximately   990 recreational   vehicle,  or  approximately  550 manufactured
housing  sites, for $15.0 million. The aggregate purchase price of $88.0 million
includes  the  reimbursement  of  $2.6  million  for  certain construction costs
incurred  in connection with  the development of  the land described above.  The
Company assumed $41.7 million of mortgage debt secured by the community.

Lake   in  Wood  is  a  5-star  425 site  family  resort  located  in  southwest
Pennsylvania.  It is rated best recreational  vehicle resort in Pennsylvania and
received  Woodall's/Good Sam Club's highest and  most exclusive rating of 30 out
of  30. Amenities include a  water park, indoor  and outdoor pools, full service
restaurant,  themed vacation  rentals, and  a full  slate of  activities for all
ages. The purchase price of $14.6 million was paid in cash.

Sun  Communities, Inc. is a REIT that currently owns and operates a portfolio of
173 communities comprising approximately 63,600 developed sites.

     For more information about Sun Communities, Inc. visit our website at
                             www.suncommunities.com

Forward Looking Statements

This  press  release  contains  various  "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning  of the Securities Act of  1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934, as  amended,  and  the  Company intends that such forward-looking
statements  will be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Forward-looking
statements  can be identified by words such as "will," "may,"
"could," "expect,"
"anticipate,"    "believes,"    "intends,"  
"should,"   "plans,"   "estimates,"
"approximate",  "guidance" and  similar expressions  in this  press
release that
predict  or indicate future events and trends  and that do not report historical
matters.  These forward-looking  statements reflect  the Company's current views
with  respect to future events and  financial performance, but involve known and
unknown  risks, uncertainties, and  other factors, some  of which are beyond our
control.  These risks,  uncertainties, and  other factors  may cause  the actual
results  of  the  Company  to  be  materially  different from any future results
expressed  or  implied  by  such  forward-looking  statements.  Such  risks  and
uncertainties  include  national,  regional  and  local  economic  climates, the
ability  to  maintain  rental  rates  and  occupancy  levels, competitive market
forces,  changes in market  rates of interest,  the ability of manufactured home
buyers  to obtain  financing, the  level of  repossessions by  manufactured home
lenders and those risks and uncertainties referenced under the headings entitled
"Risk Factors" contained in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011,
and the  Company's  other  periodic filings  with  the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak
only as of the date hereof and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to
provide  public  updates,  revisions  or  amendments  to  any  forward-  looking
statements  made  herein  to  reflect  changes  in  the  Company's  assumptions,
expectations of future events, or trends.



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