UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 8-K/A

                               AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                          DATE OF REPORT: JULY 8, 2003
                        (Date of earliest event reported)





                  SUN COMMUNITIES OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)





MICHIGAN                 COMMISSION FILE NO. 333-2522-01              38-3144240
(State of Organization)                                  (IRS Employer I.D. No.)




                               27777 FRANKLIN ROAD
                                    SUITE 200
                           SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48034
                    (Address of principal executive offices)



                                 (248) 208-2500
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)





ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.

         On July 16, 2003, Sun Communities Operating Limited Partnership (the
"Company"), filed a current report on Form 8-K reporting that the Board of
Directors of its general partner, Sun Communities, Inc., decided to engage Grant
Thornton LLP effective immediately as the Company's independent auditor for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2003, and decided to no longer engage
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent auditor.

         The Company provided PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with a copy of the
disclosures set forth in its Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2003. The Company is
filing this amendment to its Form 8-K to attach as Exhibit 16 a copy of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's letter, dated July 16, 2003, stating its agreement
with the Company's statements concerning PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the
Company's Form 8-K filed July 16, 2003.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

                  Exhibits

16.      Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Securities and Exchange
         Commission dated July 16, 2003.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Dated:  July 18, 2003                    SUN COMMUNITIES OPERATING
                                         LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

                                         By: SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.
                                         Its: General Partner
                                         By:      /s/ Jeffrey P. Jorissen
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                 Jeffrey P. Jorissen, Executive
                                                 Vice President, Treasurer,
                                                 Chief Financial Officer, and
                                                 Secretary



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                                  Exhibit Index

Exh. NO           Description
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  16.             Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Securities and
                  Exchange Commission dated July 16, 2003.