EXHIBIT 99.5

                            SUN COMMUNITIES OPERATING
                               LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

          OFFER TO EXCHANGE 5.75% NOTES DUE 2010 (CUSIP NO. 866677AD9)
                 FOR 5.75% NOTES DUE 2010 (CUSIP NO. 866677AC1)


THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME ON ________,
2003, UNLESS EXTENDED OR TERMINATED (THE "EXPIRATION DATE").

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

        Enclosed for your consideration is a Prospectus dated ______, 2003 (as
the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Prospectus") and
a form of Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") relating to the
offer (the "Exchange Offer") by Sun Communities Operating Limited Partnership
(the "Company") to exchange 5.75% Notes due 2010 (the "Exchange Notes") of the
Company, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in the Exchange Offer, for like amounts of 5.75% Notes due 2010 (the
"Unregistered Notes") of the Company.

        We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold Unregistered
Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee. In addition, we
ask you to contact your clients who, to your knowledge, hold Unregistered Notes
registered in their own name. The Company will not pay any fees or commissions
to any broker, dealer or other person in connection with the solicitation of
tenders pursuant to the Exchange Offer. You will, however, be reimbursed by the
Company for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in
forwarding any of the enclosed materials to your clients. The Company will pay
all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the tender of any of the enclosed
materials to your clients. The Company will pay all transfer taxes, if any,
applicable to the tender of Unregistered Notes to it or its order, except as
otherwise provided in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

        Enclosed are copies of the following documents:

               1. The Prospectus;

               2. A Letter of Transmittal for your use in connection with the
          tender of Unregistered Notes and for the information of your clients;

               3. A form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose
          accounts you hold Unregistered Notes registered in your name or the
          name of your nominee; with space provided for obtaining the clients'
          instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer;

               4. A form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and

               5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number
          on Substitute Form W-9.

        Your prompt action is requested. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00
p.m., New York City Time, on ______, 2003, unless extended or terminated (the
"Expiration Date"). Unregistered Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer
may be withdrawn, subject to the procedures described in the Prospectus, at any
time prior to the Expiration Date.
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        In all cases, exchanges of Exchange Notes for Unregistered Notes
accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be made only after
timely receipt by the exchange agent of (a) certificates representing such
Unregistered Notes or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such
Unregistered Notes, as the case may be, (b) the Letter of Transmittal (or a
facsimile thereof) properly completed and duly executed with any required
signature guarantees, and (c) any other documents required by the Letter of
Transmittal.

        Holders who wish to tender their Unregistered Notes and (a) whose
Unregistered Notes are not lost but are not immediately available, (b) who
cannot deliver their Unregistered Notes, the Letter of Transmittal or any other
required documents to the exchange agent prior to the Expiration Date or (c) who
cannot complete the procedure for book-entry transfer prior to the Expiration
Date, may tender their Unregistered Notes in accordance with the guaranteed
delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption "The Exchange
Offer--Procedures for Tendering."

        To tender Unregistered Notes, certificates for Unregistered Notes, a
duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal or a facsimile
thereof, together with any other required documents, must be received by the
exchange agent as provided in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

        Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained from the
exchange agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, by calling (800) 735-7777.

        NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU
OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM WITH
RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE
PROSPECTUS AND THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.


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