NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) April 8, 2004--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today placed its 'BBB' ratings on Sun Communities Inc. (Sun) and its subsidiary, Sun Communities Operating L.P., on CreditWatch with negative implications. The CreditWatch placements affect $350 million of senior notes. The CreditWatch placements follow a recent announcement that Sun has commenced a tender offer to purchase all outstanding senior unsecured notes at par value plus a specified spread over the yield to maturity. Sun is also soliciting noteholders' consent to eliminate the restrictive covenants under the indenture. Sun will pay $30 per $1,000 of principal amount of the tendered notes to holders who properly tender their notes and consent by April 19, 2004. Depending upon the degree