Outdoor recreation company Yonderlust to open shop in Durham

• Linton, a former IBM executive, and his wife, Sonya, have been renovating the Gregson Street building for the past year.
• The original structure dates back to 1930 and most recently had been home to a restaurant until 2009. The renovation added the retail space and four apartments on the upper level.

Details: Yonderlust launched its outdoor-recreation app this month.

• The app is meant to guide would-be outdoor adventurers, providing itineraries, checklists and maps. The app is free, but does have some premium features.
• So far, the company has created 200 self-guided trips in the app, with plans to continue adding trips. Many of the first trips are North Carolina locations.

What they're saying: "The concept," Linton said, "is there are a lot of outdoor retailers but they often fall short of finishing the job of getting people to the destination."