Permitted & Approved Podcast | Heather Duarte

Who It's For

Who is this podcast for?

For Developers, Investors & Founders building what’s next.

Real strategy + unfiltered entrepreneurial journeys

Permitted & Approved is built for the pioneers shaping the physical landscape—and the ones trying to figure out how to break in.

Yes, it's industry-focused: entitlements, zoning, land deals and municipal red tape, broken down into an insider playbook. But it's also the unfiltered entrepreneurial journey—the risks, pivots, wins and hard lessons behind building something of your own.

No corporate fluff. No gatekeeping.

Just real-world strategy and real entrepreneurial stories from the trenches, so you can stop guessing and start building.

Where to Listen

Press play wherever you listen

Permitted & Approved is an audio-only show. Every episode is published to the major podcast apps, so you can subscribe once and new episodes land in your feed automatically. You can also stream every episode right here on this page.

Episodes are recorded and hosted on Riverside and distributed to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music. Links go live with our first episode.

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RSS Feed

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Episodes

Listen, read the summary, or skim the transcript

Every episode comes with a quick summary, key takeaways, and a full written transcript, so you can listen on the go or find the exact answer you need.

EP 01

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Our first episode is in production

Permitted & Approved launches soon. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get the first episode the moment it drops, or check back here to stream it, read the summary, and browse the full transcript.

Episode summary & key takeaways

Key takeaways

Takeaways will be posted with the episode.

Resources mentioned

Links to anything referenced in the episode will appear here.

Read the full transcript

The full transcript will be published alongside the episode.

Hi There

Meet your host

Hi, I'm

Heather Duarte

Land Use Strategist · Founder, Urban Land Dynamics

I've spent nearly a decade getting projects permitted and approved, leading entitlement and permitting work on complex, high-stakes developments, with a focus on industrial, commercial and mixed-use, and infill redevelopment.

I started this podcast for the same reason I started Urban Land Dynamics: too many developers, investors, and landowners are expected to trust a process nobody explains. Each episode breaks down how entitlements actually work, from strategy and sequencing to execution, with no jargon and no BS.

EntitlementsCEQA & EnvironmentalDue DiligenceIndustrial & LogisticsCalifornia & Arizona

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