Monday, November 26, 2012

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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sundayy and crossed through the area on aneight - to 10-mile-long path for about 30 minutes, the . Firefighters found moderate damageat Southlands, locatedc at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioningf units were damaged, windows were a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas service to Southlandsw early Sunday afternoon.
No serious injuriex were reported onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearby 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 stores will be closed Monday to allow for continuec damage assessment. She said customers shoule call individual stores to verify whether they are closedsor open. Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppinvg center by retail space, at 1.7 million square feet.
It consists of severao freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridors and The complex is owned by Granite Southlandsa Town Center LLC and managedx by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four otheer tornadoes were spotted north and east of DenverSunday afternoon, and baseball-sizef hail struck some areas. As many as 3,000 customersz were without power for a time in parte of Auroraand Centennial. .

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