---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000912593-26-000240"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SUI"
cik: "0000912593"
company_name: "SUN COMMUNITIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-25T20:19:26+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-25T20:21:26.092727+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sun Communities appoints Robert Garechana as CFO, effective Sept 8, 2026

## Summary
- Garechana (age 47) joins from Equity Residential, where he was EVP & CIO since 2025 and CFO from 2018-2025.
- New CFO will receive $625K base salary, target cash bonus of 150% of base, and $2.5M restricted stock grant.
- Incumbent CFO Fernando Castro-Caratini transitions to advisory role through Oct 31, 2026, with severance per employment agreement.
- Five-year employment agreement with automatic 1-year renewals; non-compete up to 18 months and change-in-control benefits at 2x salary+bonus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000912593-26-000240
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SUI
- cik: 0000912593
- company_name: SUN COMMUNITIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-25T20:19:26+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000240/0000912593-26-000240-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000240/sui-20260824.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-26-000240
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-26-000240.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912593-26-000240.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert A. Garechana was appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer at SUN COMMUNITIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer
  source text: On August 24, 2026, Sun Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Robert A. Garechana as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912593/000091259326000240/0000912593-26-000240-index.htm

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