NASHVILLE—The merger agreement between Bridgestone Retail Operations and Pep Boys, creating an auto-service chain with 3,000 locations, comes more than three years after the collapse of a deal to take Pep Boys private.

ELIZABETH, NJ—Sitex Group has added two more properties to its growing Northern New Jersey portfolio, with the purchase of a 30,000 square-foot warehouse in Carlstadt and a 43,000 square-foot multitenant facility in Elizabeth.

BOSTON—WS Development, which owns approximately 500,000 square feet of existing or in development retail space at the Seaport, has paid $359 million to shape its vision for the district, which could include up to 2.8 million square feet of mixed-use space.