Looking at the various videos, (both day and night), of the 28R approach available on line, if the full approach lighting system was serviceable and switched on, it's astonishing that this could have happened.
This incident will obviously act as a 'heads-up' for this potential confusion. If both of the 28 approach light systems are routinely displayed simultaneously, a line of eastward-facing HI reds, across the seawall, adjacent to where the building is, while not a high-tech solution, might prevent a similar occurrence.