Friday, November 26, 2010

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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sunda and crossed through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-lont path for about 30 minutes, the said. . Firefighter found moderate damageat Southlands, locatec at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioningv units were damaged, windows were a shed was destroyed, and a car was overturned. Natural-gaa leaks also were noted. Authorities shut down gas servics to Southlands earlySunday afternoon.
No serious injuries were reported onthe shopping-center but a man in a nearbg neighborhood who was tryintg to take pictures reportedly was hospitalized with unspecifiex serious injuries, according to news reports. A Southlandse spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center's stores will be closeds Monday to allow for continued damage assessment. She said customers should call individual stores to verify whetherr they are closedor open. which opened in 2006, is the Denve r area's largest shopping center by retail at 1.7 million square feet.
It consists of several freestandinyg buildings connected by pedestrian corridors and The complex is owned by Granite Southlandsa Town Center LLC and manage d by Forest City CommercialManagemenr Inc. Four other tornadoes were spotted nortn and east of DenverSunday afternoon, and baseball-size hail struck some areas. As many as 3,00p0 customers were without power for a time in parts of Auroraaand Centennial. .

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