Victor Geminiani, co-executive director of the Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice, submitted testimony in support of the project, but he had urged the developer to remove the separate entrances.

“The complex includes a number of firsts for Transient Oriented Development, including mixing significant numbers of moderate income rental units at 80 percent of Area Median Income (AMI) in the primarily owner occupied building, as well as the use of no public financing,” Geminiani said in a statement released by Pine’s office. “It represents the best design, so far, for duplication throughout the rail corridor.”