How do you franchise in X City?

Answer 1

You need to build a franchised piece of land in your city if you want to allow someone else to build a franchise. If you want to build a franchised business in a different city then you have to look for the icon on the left side of the screen when you visit other cities and it will look like the franchise land sign. You press this icon in the other city and it will give you a list of businesses you can franchise there. Before you actually select which business you want to build you should contact the person who runs that city as they have to approve your franchise before it will be built. If they don't approve it then it's wasted time and money.