Sunday, May 8, 2011

Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sundayy and crossed through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters founds moderate damageat Southlands, locatedr at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News reported. Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning units were windowswere broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-ga s leaks also were noted. Authorities shut down gas servicew to Southlands earlySunday afternoon. No seriouds injuries were reported onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearbyh neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedlyu was hospitalized with unspecified serious according to news reports.
A Southlandx spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center's storews will be closed Monday to allow for continuer damage assessment. She said customerse should call individual store s to verify whether they are closedor Southlands, which opened in 2006, is the Denver area's largest shopping center by retailk space, at 1.7 millioj square feet. It consists of severak freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridorsand streets. The complex is owner by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managecd by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spotted north and east of DenvefSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struck some areas.
As many as 3,00p0 customers were without power for a time in partz of Auroraand Centennial. .

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