Friday, August 19, 2011

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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearb yat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed througy the area onan eight- to 10-mile-longt path for about 30 minutes, the said. . Firefighters foundc moderate damageat Southlands, locatesd at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning units were damaged, windows were a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were noted. Authoritieds shut down gas service to Southlands earlyySunday afternoon.
No serious injuries were reported onthe shopping-cente r grounds, but a man in a nearbgy neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedly was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center's stores will be closed Monday to allow for continuesd damage assessment. She said customers should call individual storews to verify whether they are closed or open. Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppin center by retail space, at 1.7 milliojn square feet. It consists of several freestanding buildings connected by pedestriab corridorsand streets.
The complex is owned by Granite Southlands Town Centet LLC and managed by Foresft City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spotted north and east of DenverSundayu afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struck some As many as 3,00o customers were without powed for a time in parts of Aurora and .

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