Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbtyat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed through the area on an eightto 10-mile-long path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters foune moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning units were windows were broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-gasd leaks also were noted. Authoritie shut down gas service to Southlandas earlySunday afternoon.
No serious injuries were reported onthe shopping-centee grounds, but a man in a nearby neighborhooed who was trying to take pictures reportedlyy was hospitalized with unspecified serious according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'xs stores will be closed Monday to allo w for continued damage assessment. She said customers shoulds call individual stores to verify whether they are closedor Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppinvg center by retail space, at 1.7 millionb square feet. It consists of several freestandin g buildings connected by pedestrian corridorsxand streets.
The complex is ownedr by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Forest City CommerciakManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spottede north and east of DenverSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struckm some areas. As many as 3,000 customers were withoutt power for a time in partsw of Auroraand Centennial. .

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