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18th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony & Holiday Spectacular - The 'Family Affair' Tradition Continues as Poncho Sanchez, the Laker Girls, Radio Disney, Center Stage Productions and the Royal High School Choir Light Up Downtown L.A. - LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2003 holiday season kicked off in Los Angeles with the 18th Annual Lighting of Downtown's Official Holiday Tree at Ernst & Young Plaza. The event featured special guests Mark Wallengren and Kim Amidon of KOST 103.5 FM, and event hosts and guest emcees Kathy Vara, Phillip Palmer and Vera Jimenez of KABC Eyewitness News. The spectacular event featured a special concert by the legendary Poncho Sanchez and performances by the Laker Girls, Radio Disney, the Royal High School Choir and Center Stage Productions. Additionally, The Honorable Jan Perry, Councilmember of the Ninth District was in attendance. In light of the California wildfire tragedy, the event was dedicated to the fire victims, and created an opportunity to celebrate the importance of family this holiday season. Trizec Properties, 777 Tower Associates and Cushman & Wakefield, collectively, gave $30,000 to the relief fund ($15k to the fire relief fund and an additional $15k to the local disaster relief fund to assist with future emergencies). Additionally, tenants of Ernst & Young Plaza and 777 Tower: Ernst & Young LLP, Jackson Lewis, Marsh USA, Inc. and United National Bank gave generous donations in support of the relief efforts. Guests at the event were treated to a special concert featuring legendary Latin jazz artist Poncho Sanchez. They also enjoyed an interactive game park, which included basketball, air hockey, billiards and a face painter, and received complimentary holiday treats and special shopping discounts at 7+FIG, the on-site retail center at the foot of the property. Special guests, including the Laker Girls and Santa Claus, posed for complimentary pictures with those in attendance. The 65-foot-tall, Douglas White Fir tree was hand picked in June 2003 from Mount Shasta, California and was decorated with over 6,000 ornaments, 5,000 lights and 2,000 bows. The tree will be displayed at Ernst & Young Plaza through January 3rd, 2004. Trizec Properties, Inc., (NYSE:TRZ) a real estate investment trust, is one of the largest commercial property investment companies in the United States with a high-quality portfolio of 64 office properties totaling approximately 43 million square feet concentrated in seven major cities. The Company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TRZ. For more information, visit Trizec's web site at http://www.trz.com/ . DATASOURCE: Trizec Properties, Inc. CONTACT: Christine Sullivan, +1-323-993-7761, or Patrice Hopper, +1-213-304-3534, both of Trizec Properties, Inc. Web site: http://www.trz.com/

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