UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549






                                  SCHEDULE 13G/A



                   UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                              Essex Property Trust
                                (NAME OF ISSUER)


                                  Common Stock
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)


                                   297178105
                                 (CUSIP NUMBER)


                               December 31, 2002

            (DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRES FILING OF THIS STATEMENT)


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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX TO DESIGNATE THE RULE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS SCHEDULE
IS FILED:

[]       RULE 13D-1(B)

[x]      RULE 13D-1(C)

[]       RULE 13D-1(D)



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  1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:
          Stichting Pensioenfonds voor de Gezondheid, Geestelijke en
          Maatschappelijke Belangen

          S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:
          58-6192550

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  2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                               (a)   []
                                                               (b)   []
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  3       SEC USE ONLY

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  4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION


          The Netherlands
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                         5    SOLE VOTING POWER

                              Not Applicable
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       NUMBER            6    SHARED VOTING POWER
      OF SHARES
    BENEFICIALLY              Not Applicable
      OWNED BY
        EACH           ------ -------------------------------------------------
      REPORTING          7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     PERSON WITH
                              Not Applicable

                       ------ -------------------------------------------------
                         8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              Not Applicable

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   9      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

          Not Applicable

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  10      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

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  11      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

          Not Applicable

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  12      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

          00

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                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!




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CUSIP No. 297178105            Schedule 13G               Page 3 of 6 Pages
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ITEM 1.

         (a)      Name of Issuer

                  Essex Property Trust

         (b)      Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices

                  925 East Meadow Drive

                  Palo Alto, CA 94303

ITEM 2.

         (a)      Name of Person Filing
                  Stichting Pensioenfonds voor de Gezondheid, Geestelijke en
                     Maatschappelijke Belangen

         (b)      Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence

                  Kroostweg-Noord 149

                  P.O. Box 117

                  3700 AC Zeist

                  The Netherlands


         (c)      Citizenship

                  The Netherlands


         (d)      Title of Class of Securities

                  Common Stock, $.01 par value per share

         (e)      CUSIP Number

                  297178105

ITEM 3.           IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(B), OR
                  13D-2(B), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

         (a)      []  Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act
         (b)      []  Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act
         (c)      []  Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the
                      Act
         (d)      []  Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the
                      Investment Company Act


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         (e)      []  Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the
                      Investment Advisers Act of 1940
         (f)      []  Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to
                      the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
                      Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund; see
                      ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
         (g)      []  Parent Holding Company, in accordance with
                      ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) (Note: See Item 7)
         (h)      []  A savings association as defined in section 3(b) of the
                      Federal Deposit Insurance Act
         (i)      []  A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an
                      investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the
                      Investment Company Act of 1940
         (j)      []  Group, in accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)-1(ii)(J)


ITEM 4.           OWNERSHIP

       Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and
percentage of the class of securities identified in Item 1.

         (a)      Amount Beneficially Owned

                  Not Applicable


         (b)      Percent of Class

                  Not Applicable


         (c)      Number of shares as to which such person has:

                  (i)   sole power to vote or to direct the vote

                        Not Applicable

                  (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote

                        Not Applicable


                  (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

                        Not Applicable

                  (iv)  shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

                        Not Applicable





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CUSIP No. 297178105            Schedule 13G               Page 5 of 6 Pages
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ITEM 5.           OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS

       If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than
five percent of the class of securities, check the following [X].

ITEM 6.           OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER
                  PERSON

                  None

ITEM 7.           IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH
                  ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT
                  HOLDING COMPANY

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 8.           IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 9.           NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 10.          CERTIFICATION

     By signing  below I certify  that, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the  securities  referred  to above were  acquired  in the  ordinary  course of
business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or influencing  the control of the issuer of such  securities and were
not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any  transaction  having
such purposes or effect.






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CUSIP No. 297178105            Schedule 13G               Page 6 of 6 Pages
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                                   SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true,  complete and
correct.



Dated:  January 17, 2003


                                       Stichting Pensioenfonds voor de
                                       Gezondheid, Geestelijke en
                                       Maatschappelijke Belangen



                                        By /s/ Jan H.W.R. van der Vlist
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                                        Name:  Jan H.W.R. van der Vlist
                                        Title: Director Structured Investments