Friday, October 22, 2010

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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbgat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed through the area on aneight - to 10-mile-long path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters found moderated damageat Southlands, locatefd at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioningb units were damaged, windows were broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas service to Southlands earlySundayt afternoon.
No serious injurieds were reported onthe shopping-centedr grounds, but a man in a nearbty neighborhood who was trying to take picturews reportedly was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, accordingv to news reports. A Southlandz spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center' s stores will be close Monday to allow for continued damage assessment. She said customerzs should call individual storeds to verify whether they are closedor Southlands, which opened in 2006, is the Denver area'sx largest shopping center by retail at 1.
7 million square It consists of severa freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridors and The complex is owned by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Forest City Commercial Management Inc. Four othe tornadoes were spotted north and east of DenverSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struckl some areas. As many as 3,000 customerzs were without power for a time in partz of Auroraand Centennial. .

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