CHICAGO-New Hyde Park, NY-based Kimco Realty Corp., a partner of Laurance Freed in the Streets of Woodfield shopping center, is jumping into the escalating conflict between Freed and Bank of America Corp.

MAITLAND, FL-Maitland-based CommerCenters, LLC has created the American Performance Fund to purchase University Science Center, a 55,908-square-foot building at 12001 Science Drive.

NEW YORK CITY-Apple is planning to occupy 10,000 square feet in the Union Square building at 101-104th Fifth Avenue.

NEW YORK CITY-Blue Dog has leased 1,334 square feet in Worldwide Plaza at 825 Eighth Avenue.

PHOENIX-United Kingdom-based Faist GreenTek LLC has inked a lease for five years with Phoenix-based Arizona Industrial Properties for 56,100 square feet of industrial space at the South 40 Distribution Center located at 5750 S. 40th St. in Phoenix.

TAMPA, FL-CB Richard Ellis has negotiated the sale of an apartment community in Tampa.

SEATTLE-Portland-based Gerding Edlen, the developer of Bellevue Towers, has transferred the development to its lenders to avert foreclosure.

LOS ANGELES-Zynx Health Inc. has agreed to renew its lease and expand its headquarters space in Oppenheimer Tower at 10880 Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood.