Monday, February 27, 2012

Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Business First of Columbus:

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbhat 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 damage at locatedat E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning unit s were damaged, windows were broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-ga s leaks also were noted. Authoritie shut down gas service to Southlands earltySunday afternoon.
No serious injuries were reporter onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearbt neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedlyg was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'as stores will be closed Monday to allos for continued damage assessment. She said customers shoulxd call individual stores to verifhy whether they are closedor open. which opened in 2006, is the Denver area'ds largest shopping center by retail space, at 1.7 millionh square feet. It consistz of several freestanding buildings connectesd by pedestrian corridorsand streets.
The complec is owned by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Foresf City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spotted nortu and east of DenverSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail strucik some areas. As many as 3,00o customers were without power for a time in partsw of Auroraand Centennial. .

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