Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
REVENUES
Income from real property	$ 198,263	$ 184,324	$ 560,778	$ 453,560
Revenue from home sales	33,197	31,211	91,319	81,987
Rental home revenue	12,757	12,031	37,774	35,696
Ancillary revenues	17,017	16,446	32,086	28,442
Interest	5,920	4,705	15,609	13,322
Brokerage commissions and other revenues, net	1,091	984	2,978	2,137
Total revenues	268,245	249,701	740,544	615,144
EXPENSES
Property operating and maintenance	59,249	57,089	159,861	125,357
Real estate taxes	13,053	12,384	39,322	32,122
Cost of home sales	25,094	21,935	67,999	58,803
Rental home operating and maintenance	6,775	6,350	16,821	17,637
Ancillary expenses	9,993	9,449	21,719	18,697
Home selling expenses	3,290	2,643	9,391	7,240
General and administrative	18,267	16,575	56,188	46,910
Transaction costs	2,167	4,191	6,990	27,891
Depreciation and amortization	64,232	61,483	189,719	159,565
Extinguishment of debt	0	0	759	0
Interest	32,085	33,800	95,765	88,522
Interest on mandatorily redeemable preferred OP units	790	789	2,361	2,363
Total expenses	234,995	226,688	666,895	585,107
Income before other items	33,250	23,013	73,649	30,037
Catastrophic weather related charges	(7,756)	0	(8,124)	0
Other income, net	3,345	0	5,340	0
Current tax benefit / (expense)	38		(133)
Current State and Local Tax Expense (Benefit)	(100)	283	100	567
Deferred tax benefit	81	0	745	0
Income from affiliate transactions	0	500	0	500
Net income	28,958	23,230	71,477	29,970
Less: Preferred return to preferred OP units	(1,112)	(1,257)	(3,482)	(3,793)
Less: Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1,776)	(879)	(4,179)	(460)
Net income attributable to Sun Communities, Inc.	26,070	21,094	63,816	25,717
Less: Preferred stock distributions	(1,955)	(2,197)	(6,233)	(6,748)
Net income attributable to Sun Communities, Inc. common stockholders	$ 24,115	$ 18,897	$ 57,583	$ 18,969
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	78,369	68,655	75,234	63,716
Diluted	78,808	69,069	75,846	64,146
Earnings per share:
Basic	$ 0.31	$ 0.27	$ 0.76	$ 0.30
Diluted	$ 0.31	$ 0.27	$ 0.76	$ 0.30