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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.30

               FIRST AMENDMENT TO RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

      This First Amendment to Restricted Stock Award Agreement ("Amendment") is
made as of February 21, 2005 by and between SUN COMMUNITIES, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the "Company"), and GARY A. SHIFFMAN ("Employee").

                                    RECITALS:

      A.    The Company and Employee entered into that certain Restricted Stock
Award Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2004 (the "Award Agreement"), pursuant to
which the Company issued Employee 75,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

      B.    The Company and Employee desire to modify the Award Agreement in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

      NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

      1.    All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Award Agreement.

      2.    Section II(a) of the Award Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following Section II(a):

            Subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth in the Plan,
      18,750 of the Shares (the "Time-Vesting Shares") shall vest in full on May
      10, 2007, provided that Employee is employed by the Company on such date.
      Subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth in the Plan, the
      remaining 56,250 Shares (the "Performance-Vesting Shares") shall vest on
      March 1, 2010 (provided that Employee is employed by the Company on such
      date) on the basis of the compound annual growth rate of the Company's
      funds from operations per weighted average number of outstanding shares of
      Common Stock on a fully diluted basis (as determined by reference to the
      Company's audited financial statements) (the "Per Share FFO") for the
      period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending December 31, 2009 (the
      "CAGR"), determined by comparing the Per Share FFO for the year ending
      December 31, 2009 to the Per Share FFO for the year ending December 31,
      2005, as follows:

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                                          At least 5%     At least 6%     At least 7%      At least 8%
                            Less than      but less        but less        but less       but less than
CAGR                            5%          than 6%         than 7%         than 8%            9%           At least 9%
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<S>                         <C>           <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>               <C>
No. of Performance-
Vesting Shares vesting
on March 1, 2010                0           26,250          41,250           48,750          52,500           56,250
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      3.    Except as otherwise modified herein, the Award Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect consistent with its terms.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Employee have executed this First
Amendment to Restricted Stock Award Agreement as of the date first above
written.

                               COMPANY:

                               SUN COMMUNITIES, INC., a Maryland corporation

                               By: /s/  Jeffrey P. Jorissen
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                                  Jeffrey P. Jorissen, Chief Financial Officer

                               EMPLOYEE:

                               /s/  Gary A. Shiffman
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                               GARY A. SHIFFMAN

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