Tuesday, April 10, 2012

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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sundayh and crossed through the area on an eightto 10-mile-long path for about 30 minutes, the . Firefighters found moderate damage at locatedat E-470 and Smokgy Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioningt units were damaged, windows were a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were noted. Authoritiez shut down gas service to Southlands earlySundagy afternoon. No serious injuries were reportedx onthe shopping-center but a man in a nearby neighborhoodx who was trying to take pictures reportedlyh was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news reports.
A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center'se stores will be closefd Monday to allow for continued damags assessment. She said customers shoulfd call individual stores to verify whetherd they are closedor open. Southlands, whichh opened in 2006, is the Denver area's largesr shopping center by retail space, at 1.7 million squars feet. It consists of severakl freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridorwsand streets. The complex is owned by Granite Southlands Town Centef LLC and managed by Forestg City CommercialManagement Inc. Four othedr tornadoes were spotted north and east of Denver Sunday and baseball-sized hail struck some areas.
As many as 3,0009 customers were without power for a time in partz of Auroraand Centennial. .

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