Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
REVENUES
Income from real property	$ 506,078	$ 357,793	$ 313,097
Revenue from home sales	79,728	53,954	54,852
Rental home revenue	46,236	39,213	32,500
Ancillary revenues	24,532	17,801	8,642
Interest	15,938	14,462	13,073
Brokerage commissions and other income, net	2,219	1,036	549
Total revenues	674,731	484,259	422,713
COSTS AND EXPENSES
Property operating and maintenance	135,797	101,134	87,637
Real estate taxes	34,714	24,181	22,284
Cost of home sales	58,941	40,556	40,297
Rental home operating and maintenance	24,956	23,270	20,435
Ancillary expenses	17,519	12,584	7,491
General and administrative - real property	40,235	31,769	25,941
General and administrative - home sales and rentals	14,696	10,853	9,913
Transaction costs	17,803	18,259	3,928
Depreciation and amortization	177,637	133,726	110,078
Asset impairment charge	0	837	0
Extinguishment of debt	2,800	0	0
Interest	107,659	73,771	73,339
Interest on mandatorily redeemable preferred OP units	3,219	3,210	3,238
Total expenses	635,976	474,150	404,581
Income before other gains (losses)	38,755	10,109	18,132
Gain on disposition of properties, net	125,376	17,654	0
Gain on settlement	0	4,452	0
Provision for state income taxes	(158)	(219)	(234)
Income tax expense - reduction of deferred tax asset	(1,000)	0	0
Distributions from affiliate	7,500	1,200	2,250
Net income	170,473	33,196	20,148
Less: Preferred return to Series A-1 preferred OP units	2,431	2,654	2,598
Less: Preferred return to Series A-3 preferred OP units	181	181	166
Less: Preferred return to Series A-4 preferred OP units	1,340	100	0
Preferred return to Series C preferred OP units	1,021	0	0
Less: Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests	10,054	1,752	718
Net income attributable to Sun Communities, Inc.	155,446	28,509	16,666
Less: Preferred stock distributions	13,793	6,133	6,056
Less: Preferred stock redemption costs	4,328	0	0
Net income attributable to Sun Communities, Inc. common stockholders	$ 137,325	$ 22,376	$ 10,610
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	53,686	41,337	34,228
Diluted	53,702	41,805	34,410
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$ 2.53	$ 0.54	$ 0.31
Diluted	$ 2.52	$ 0.54	$ 0.31