Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-longv path for about 30 minutes, the said. . Firefighters founed moderate damageat Southlands, locatecd at E-470 and Smoky Hill CBS4 News reported. Rooftop venting and air-conditioning units were damaged, windows were broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-gase leaks also were Authorities shut down gas service to Southlands earlySunday afternoon.
No serious injuries were reportecd onthe shopping-center but a man in a nearby neighborhood who was tryingb to take pictures reportedly was hospitalizef with unspecified serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'se stores will be closed Mondauy to allow for continued damage assessment. She said customeras should call individual storess to verify whether they are closedor Southlands, which opened in 2006, is the Denverd area's largest shopping center by retail space, at 1.7 millionm square feet.
It consists of several freestanding buildingsw connected by pedestrian corridors and The complex is owned by Granitw Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoed were spotted north and east of DenvedSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struck some As many as 3,000 customers were without powee for a time in parts of Aurora and .

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