But when the recession struck, starter houses were the hardest of all to sell, he said.

This was abandoned for a more modest improvement of the local roads when the early 1990s recession struck.

And they did conform to this pattern to a degree in 2008, tumbling as the recession struck.

A recession struck in 1604 as the amount of gold and treasure Spain's American holdings fell.

With its market share down to 11 percent from 16 percent in 1996, Daiei was already teetering when the latest recession struck.

When the recession struck, the banks found themselves holding mortgages for vacant buildings.

But when recession struck New England last year and people curbed their spending, the sales tax faltered almost overnight.

When a severe recession then struck, the world's biggest developer ended up in bankruptcy.

But that business went under in a matter of months once the recession struck.

In the meantime, however, the late-2000s recession struck the economy and consequently the fate of many commercial real estate projects came under doubt, including 505 Madison.