Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbyat 1:49 p.m. Sundahy and crossed through the area on aneight - to 10-mile-long path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters found moderate damageeat Southlands, located at E-47p0 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News reported. Rooftop heating, ventingt and air-conditioning units were damaged, windowzs were broken, a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were noted. Authoritieas shut down gas service to Southlandds earlySunday afternoon.
No seriousz injuries were reported onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearbt neighborhood who was trying to take pictures reportedlyg was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news reports. A Southlandes spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center's storeds will be closed Monday to allow for continued damag e assessment. She said customers should call individuap stores to verify whether they are closesor open. Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shopping cented by retail space, at 1.7 million square feet. It consistsd of several freestanding buildings connected by pedestriamn corridorsand streets.
The complez is owned by Granite Southland s Town Center LLC and managecd by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spotted north and east of DenverfSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struck some areas. As many as 3,00o customers were without powefr for a time in parts of Auroraand .