Saturday, June 18, 2011

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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sundah and crossed through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for about 30 minutes, the . Firefighters found moderate damage at locatedat E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning units were windows were broken, a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were noted. Authoritiesa shut down gas service to Southlanda earlySunday afternoon. No serious injuries were reported onthe shopping-centef grounds, but a man in a nearbyt neighborhood who was trying to take picture s reportedly was hospitalized with unspecifieds serious injuries, according to news reports.
A Southlandz spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center'a stores will be closed Mondaty to allow for continued damags assessment. She said customers should call individualo stores to verify whether they are closedcor open. Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppingb center by retail space, at 1.7 million squaree feet. It consists of severak freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridorsand streets. The complex is ownede by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Foresy City CommercialManagement Inc. Four othedr tornadoes were spotted north and east of DenverSunday afternoon, and baseball-size d hail struck some areas.
As many as 3,009 customers were without power for a time in parts of Auroraand Centennial. .

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