Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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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-lon g path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters founds moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-47p0 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning unitd were damaged, windows were a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas service to Southlands early Sundayh afternoon. No serious injuries were reportede onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearbgy neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedl was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news reports.
A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center's stores will be closed Monday to allow for continued damaged assessment. She said customers should call individual stores to verify whether they are closedor open. Southlands, whicjh opened in 2006, is the Denveer area's largest shopping center by retailk space, at 1.7 million square It consists of several freestanding buildings connectedr by pedestrian corridorsand streets. The compled is owned by Granite Southlands Town Centeer LLC and managed by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four otherd tornadoes were spotted north and east of Denver Sunday and baseball-sized hail struck some areas.
As many as 3,000 customers were without power for a time in partsa of Auroraand Centennial. .