diff --git a/hub/persistence/db_control.py b/hub/persistence/db_control.py
index 4ac5f95a..e060559b 100644
--- a/hub/persistence/db_control.py
+++ b/hub/persistence/db_control.py
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ class DBControl:
     """
     cities = self._city.get_by_user_id_application_id_and_scenario(user_id, application_id, scenario)
     c = [c[0].id for c in cities]
-    for city in cities:
-      result = self.building_info(name, city[0].id)
-      if result is not None:
-        return result
+    result = self._city_object.building_in_cities_info(name, c)
+    if result is not None:
+      return result
     return None
 
   def building_info(self, name, city_id) -> CityObject:
diff --git a/hub/persistence/repositories/city_object.py b/hub/persistence/repositories/city_object.py
index 3fd5c62c..bba01ef5 100644
--- a/hub/persistence/repositories/city_object.py
+++ b/hub/persistence/repositories/city_object.py
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ Project Coder Guille Gutierrez Guillermo.GutierrezMorote@concordia.ca
 """
 import datetime
 import logging
+from typing import Union
 
-from sqlalchemy import select, or_
+from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from hub.city_model_structure.building import Building
-from hub.persistence.repository import Repository
 from hub.persistence.models import CityObject as Model
+from hub.persistence.repository import Repository
 
 
 class CityObject(Repository):
@@ -100,7 +101,41 @@ class CityObject(Repository):
       logging.error('Error while deleting application %s', err)
       raise SQLAlchemyError from err
 
-  def get_by_name_or_alias_and_city(self, name, city_id) -> Model:
+  def building_in_cities_info(self, name, cities):
+    """
+    Fetch a city object based on name and city id
+    :param name: city object name
+    :param cities: city identifiers
+    :return: [CityObject] with the provided name or alias belonging to the city with id city_id
+    """
+    try:
+      # search by name first
+      with Session(self.engine) as session:
+        city_object = session.execute(select(Model).where(
+          Model.name == name, Model.city_id.in_(cities))
+        ).first()
+        if city_object is not None:
+          return city_object[0]
+        # name not found, so search by alias instead
+        city_objects = session.execute(
+          select(Model).where(Model.aliases.contains(name), Model.city_id.in_(cities))
+        ).all()
+      for city_object in city_objects:
+        aliases = city_object[0].aliases.replace('{', '').replace('}', '').split(',')
+        for alias in aliases:
+          if alias == name:
+            # force the name as the alias
+            city_object[0].name = name
+            return city_object[0]
+      return None
+    except SQLAlchemyError as err:
+      logging.error('Error while fetching city object by name and city: %s', err)
+      raise SQLAlchemyError from err
+    except IndexError as err:
+      logging.error('Error while fetching city object by name and city, empty result %s', err)
+      raise IndexError from err
+
+  def get_by_name_or_alias_and_city(self, name, city_id) -> Union[Model, None]:
     """
     Fetch a city object based on name and city id
     :param name: city object name