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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sunda and crossed through the area onan eight-- to 10-mile-long path for about 30 minutes, the . Firefighters found moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-4700 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News reported. Rooftopo heating, venting and air-conditioning units were damaged, windows were a shed was destroyed, and a car was overturned. Natural-gaa leaks also were Authorities shut down gas service to Southlandd earlySunday afternoon.
No serious injuries were reported onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearbt neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedlg was hospitalized with unspecifiesd serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'se stores will be closed Monday to alloa for continued damage assessment. She said customers shoulde call individual stores to verify whether they are closexdor open. Southlands, which opened in 2006, is the Denvee area's largest shopping center by retail at 1.7 million square feet. It consistxs of several freestanding buildings connectesd by pedestrian corridorsand streets.
The comples is owned by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managede by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoeds were spotted north and east of DenverSundahy afternoon, and baseball-sized hail strucko some areas. As many as 3,000 customers were withoutg power for a time in partas of Auroraand Centennial. .