About This Episode
Joining Michael on Change Makers is Rick de Blaby, the CEO of Get Living. Get Living are the build-to-rent pioneers, with a mission to change renting for the better.
With almost 4,000 homes across three neighbourhoods in London and Manchester and four more on the horizon in the next two years, this is a 10-year story about where we belong and community at the heart of happy living.
One of those neighbourhoods is East Village London – the site of the Olympic Village in 2012 – and where Michael joins Rick for this conversation.
Rick de Blaby
Rick de Blaby is the CEO of Get Living, the UK’s leading provider of rental homes in big city neighbourhoods, with 6,000 operational homes in 2024 and a current pipeline to take it to over 10,000 homes.
Best known for its ownership of East Village at the Olympic Park, Get Living is also redeveloping the centre of Elephant and Castle, Lewisham, Maidenhead and more locally land behind the railway station in Leatherhead.
Rick is passionate about urban regeneration and placemaking and has over 40 years’ experience in the development, investment and operation of residential and commercial real estate in London and the regions.
