EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our reports dated March 15, 2007, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements and schedule and management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the
Annual Report of Sun Communities, Inc. on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2006 incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and
prospectus. We consent to the use of the aforementioned reports in this
Registration Statement and prospectus and to the use of our name as it appears
under the caption "Experts."


/S/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Southfield, Michigan
February 1, 2008