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

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossedc through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-lon path for about 30 minutes, the said. . Firefightersw found moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-470 and Smok y Hill Road, CBS4 News reported. Rooftop venting and air-conditioning units were damaged, windows were a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas servicew to Southlands earlySunday afternoon. No serious injuriew were reported onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearby neighborhood who was trying to take picturex reportedly was hospitalized with unspecified seriouzs injuries, according to news reports.
A Southlands spokeswomanb told CBS4 most ofthe center's stores will be closed Monday to allow for continued damage She said customers should call individuall stores to verify whether they are closed or Southlands, which opened in 2006, is the Denver area's larges t shopping center by retail at 1.7 million square feet. It consists of severak freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridorsand streets. The complex is owneds by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Fores City CommercialManagement Inc.
Four other tornadoea were spotted north and east of Denver Sunday and baseball-sized hail struck some As many as 3,000 customers were without power for a time in partsx of Aurora and Centennial. .