sentences:  Although the one-mile (1.6 km) stretch connecting interchanges at NC Highway 51 and South Boulevard was designed to divert through traffic around Charlotte via a freeway loop, I-485 incidentally passed directly through Pineville.In the years to follow, largely undeveloped land adjacent to Pineville's two I-485 interchanges exploded into what is now the largest shopping district in North Carolina.With nearly of retail space, Pineville is home to the Carolina Place Mall, at least two power centres and many strip malls, outparcels and free-standing retailers.