Thursday, December 15, 2011

Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Washington Business Journal:

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyuat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed throughn the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters found moderate damageat Southlands, locatedx at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News reported. Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning unitds were damaged, windows were a shed was destroyed, and a car was overturned. Natural-gads leaks also were noted. Authorities shut down gas service to Southlandd earlySunday afternoon.
No seriousx injuries were reported onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearby neighborhood who was trying to take picturese reportedly was hospitalized with unspecified serious according to news reports. A Southland s spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center'ws stores will be close Monday to allow for continued damage She said customers should call individual stores to verify whether they are closeed or open. Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppinbg center by retail space, at 1.7 million square feet.
It consistsa of several freestanding buildings connectexd by pedestrian corridors and The complex is owned by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Forest City CommerciaoManagement Inc. Four othe r tornadoes were spotted north and east of DenverSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struck some areas. As many as 3,0000 customers were without powetr for a time in parts of Auroraand Centennial. .

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