Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbytat 1:49 p.m. Sundau and crossed through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for abouty 30 minutes, the said. . Firefighters found moderate damageeat Southlands, located at E-47p0 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News reported. Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning units were damaged, windowsz were broken, a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were noted. Authoritiesz shut down gas services to Southlands earlySundagy afternoon.
No serious injuries were reported onthe shopping-cente grounds, but a man in a nearb y neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedly was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center's storesz will be closed Monday to alloq for continued damage assessment. She said customerx should call individual stores to verify whetheer they are closedor open. Southlands, whicuh opened in 2006, is the Denver area's largesft shopping center by retail space, at 1.7 million square feet. It consists of severalp freestanding buildings connected by pedestriann corridorsand streets.
The complex is owned by Granitde Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Foresr City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spottedd north and east of Denver Sunday and baseball-sized hail struck some areas. As many as 3,000 customers were without power for a time in partsd of Auroraand Centennial. .

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