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Building	Knighthood Equivalent	Prerequisite	Description
Streets	Court		Any number of hoods can be in The Streets, though they are idle while there. The Streets are the default location for recruited and kidnapped hoods.
Mansion	Castle		Post hoods in the mansion and they can build new assets for your city. They can also expand (increase the size) of assets which lets more hoods work in that asset.
Casino	Marketplace		The Casino is your gang's main source of income. The larger the Casino's size and the more upgraded it is, the more cash it'll bring in for the family but you have to have hoods there or it'll sit there doing you no good.
Security Post	Wall	Casino	The Security Post is the main line of defense for Downtown (Mansion, Safe House, Bodyguard Detail and Emergency Room).
Lookouts	Watchtower	Casino	The Lookouts keep an eye on your Inner City interests (Streets, Hide Out, Informants and Black Van).
Harbor Patrol	Palisade	Casino	The Harbor Patrol is the main line of defense for the Waterfront (Casino, Foreman's Office, Bar and Unmarked Chopper).
Hide Out	Garrison	Security Post, Lookouts, Harbor Patrol	The Hide Out is where you store your army of hoods before you go to war. These are your soldiers in the battle for supremacy of the underworld. They also act as reinforcements for the Lookouts.
Emergency Room	Hospital	Hide Out	Speeds healing of hoods
Foreman's Office	Workshop	Hide Out	The Foreman's Office lets you increase the effectiveness of your assets. The more you invest in the asset the better your hoods will perform their assigned duties.
Safe House	Tower	Emergency Room size 5	The Safe House is a asset that kidnapped hoods can be placed in while you wait for the heat to blow over. They're harder to steal back when they're at the Safe House. It's also a good place to store some extra cash and make it harder to Heist.
Informants	Guardhouse	Hide Out size 5
Bar	Church	Foreman's Office size 5	The Bar increases the Hype of your hoods. The more hyped up they are the more likely they are to succeed at their attack actions.
Bodyguard Detail	Blockhouse	Safe House size 5	The Bodyguard Detail keeps specific hoods on ice for you making it even harder to have those guys Kidnapped. They don't help your other defenses.
Black Van	Trapper	Informants size 5
Unmarked Chopper	Outpost	Bar size 5	The Unmarked Chopper adds to your city's alert over time and keeps you aware of the threat level to your City.