SOUTH PORTLAND — A plan to revitalize the West End that highlights improved streets and sidewalks, new recreational opportunities and keeping the area affordable was presented Monday at a City Council workshop. The plan encompassing the Redbank and Brick Hill neighborhoods and parts of Westbrook Street and Western Avenue includes an earlier public-private proposal to

Avesta Housing’s $10 million Deering Place would be available to residents with incomes of $20,000 to $40,000, a response to affordability concerns in Portland’s red hot real estate market. Maine’s largest affordable-housing developer wants to build 82 apartments — mostly for low-income residents — in Portland’s Parkside neighborhood, adding badly needed units at below-market rates