Centro Comercial San Fernando e Hiperalmacén Homecenter y los Efectos en su Área de Inmediata Influencia: Barrios Ternera, San Fernando, Los Ciruelos, Berlín y Beirut en Cartagena de Indias – Colombia –

This paper seeks to establish the commercial and surroundings changes generated by San Fernando shopping center and Homecenter warehouse store. It is a descriptive investigation, in which was applied a structured format of observation and a questionnaire to the inhabitants of the area of influence. The results refer to the transformation of houses into commercial premises, mixed housing and construction of shops in empty lots. It concludes with an inequitable improvement of the road infrastructure and public services in the area of influence and changes in the buying behavior of the residents of the surrounding neighborhoods.