Sun issued Centerbridge $225 million in shares of common stock priced at $67.57 per share, and $1.455 billion in cash, one billion of which was immediately applied to the seller’s outstanding debt to make the transaction totally debt-free.
With the acquisition, according to nasdaq, Sun adds a total of 103 manufactured home (MH) and recreational vehicle (RV) communities to its portfolio, 27,554 home sites comprised of 9,829 developed MH sites and 17,725 RV sites. Additionally, there are 396 MH sites and 2,586 RV sites suitable for development. Most of the communities are in Florida and California.
Based in Southfield, Michigan, Sun now owns and operates 337 communities with 117,000 home sites in 29 states and Ontario, Canada. ##
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