Saturday, November 13, 2010

Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sundauy and crossed through the area on an eightto 10-mile-long path for aboug 30 minutes, the said. . Firefighters foundx moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-470 and Smokt Hill Road, CBS4 News reported. Rooftop venting and air-conditioning units were windowswere broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas service to Southlands earlySunday afternoon.
No seriouss injuries were reported onthe shopping-center but a man in a nearbyu neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedlyh was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'x stores will be closed Monday to allow for continued damage assessment. She said customers should call individual stores to verify whether they are closedeor open. Southlands, whicj opened in 2006, is the Denver area'z largest shopping center by retail space, at 1.7 milliobn square feet. It consists of severao freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridorsand streets.
The complex is owneed by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and manage d by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spottedr north and east of DenveeSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struck some As many as 3,000 customers were withourt power for a time in partxs of Aurora and Centennial. .

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