# Sun Communities & Sun Outdoors

> Sun Communities, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns, operates, develops and expands manufactured housing communities and RV properties. Its Sun Communities brand serves home buyers and renters; Sun Outdoors serves short-stay, seasonal and annual outdoor vacation guests. Following its marina and UK asset sales, the company focuses on North America.

- **Founded:** 1975
- **Headquarters:** Southfield, United States
- **Founders:** Milton M. Shiffman (Founder of predecessor business)
- **Products:** Manufactured housing communities, Sun Outdoors, Jellystone Park franchise system
- **Notable:** Listed on the NYSE under SUI since December 1993., Expanded from 31 manufactured housing communities at IPO to hundreds of North American MH and RV properties., Completed the Safe Harbor marina sale in 2025 and the UK asset sale in September 2026.

## Products & services

- **Manufactured housing communities** — All-age and 55+ communities with home sales, home rentals and leased home sites.
- **Sun Outdoors** — RV sites, tent campsites, furnished vacation accommodation, and seasonal and annual stays in the United States and Canada; renamed from Sun RV Resorts in 2021.
- **Jellystone Park franchise system** — Sun acquired Leisure Systems, Inc., franchisor of the Jellystone Park system, in 2021 for $23 million.

## Achievements

- Listed on the NYSE under SUI since December 1993.
- Expanded from 31 manufactured housing communities at IPO to hundreds of North American MH and RV properties.
- Completed the Safe Harbor marina sale in 2025 and the UK asset sale in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Completed UK asset sale to an Aermont Capital affiliate; received approximately $1.03 billion in net cash consideration.
- **2026-08** — Announced Robert A. Garechana as chief financial officer.
- **2026-07** — Reported Q2 results, including a $1.1 billion non-cash valuation allowance for the UK business held for sale.
- **2025-10** — Charles D. Young became CEO; Gary Shiffman moved to non-executive chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://www.suninc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/suncomm/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/suncommunities
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH0-qj4iZCzcKzw-MuV65uw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunoutdoors/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunCommunitiesInc/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sunoutdoors

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Last updated: 2026-10-22