Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - San Francisco Business Times:

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A twister reportedly toucher down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sundaty and crossed through the area on an eightto 10-mile-long path for about 30 minutes, the said. . Firefightersw found moderate damage at locatedat E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News reported. Roofto p heating, venting and air-conditioning units were damaged, windowxs were broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-gase leaks also were noted. Authorities shut down gas servicr to Southlands earlySunday afternoon.
No seriousw injuries were reported onthe shopping-center but a man in a nearbhy neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedly was hospitalizee with unspecified serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'se stores will be closed Monday to allow for continuedd damage assessment. She said customers shouldx call individual stores to verify whethef they are closedor open. Southlands, whicbh opened in 2006, is the Denver area's largest shopping cented by retail space, at 1.7 million squarwe feet. It consists of several freestanding buildings connectecd by pedestrian corridorsand streets.
The complex is ownex by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Fores t City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spottec north and east of Denver Sunday and baseball-sized hail struck some areas. As many as 3,00p customers were without power for a time in partz of Auroraand Centennial. .

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